Well ... thankfully it doesn't now sound like a recurrence of his knee tendonitis, but instead, Rafa's poor, beleagured body has now suffered a tear in the quadriceps tendon of his right leg. Apparently as he is a leftie, injuries to the right leg are felt more severely.
Below is a translation of the report as published in La Marca ...
NADAL WILL BE OUT FOR A MONTH ... AT LEAST
Rafael Nadal woke up at noon yesterday. There was no hurry because his return flight to Spain, via Doha, was leaving at 11pm. He left the hotel with his Nike agent, Jordi Robert and his face reflected the concern of the results that were reported yesterday in MARCA. If it is confirmed that he has suffered a tear in the quadriceps tendon of his right leg, the tennis player will be out for a minimum of a month in which he will lose out from Rotterdam and Davis Cup whilst his participation in Indian Wells will be a question mark. In total 1,300 points that, without defending, would relegate him to No. 6 in the ATP rankings. He would inevitably be passed by Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro in the world rankings.
To clarify the diagnosis and extent of the injury, Nadal will carry out this afternoon an MRI scan in the CIMA clinic of Barcelona under the supervision of his doctor Angel Ruiz Cortorro. The ultrasound imaging that was done in Melbourne at the end of his quarter-final against Andy Murray, revealed a tear in the quadriceps tendon. Depending on the amount of broken fibres, the damaged area and the bio mechanics of the player- for a lefty an injury in the right leg is worse- a definitive time out will be established. But the reality is that the 30 days pre-season that Nadal had to prepare for the US hard court swing will be converted into a longer and larger rehabilitation.
Rafael Nadal woke up at noon yesterday. There was no hurry because his return flight to Spain, via Doha, was leaving at 11pm. He left the hotel with his Nike agent, Jordi Robert and his face reflected the concern of the results that were reported yesterday in MARCA. If it is confirmed that he has suffered a tear in the quadriceps tendon of his right leg, the tennis player will be out for a minimum of a month in which he will lose out from Rotterdam and Davis Cup whilst his participation in Indian Wells will be a question mark. In total 1,300 points that, without defending, would relegate him to No. 6 in the ATP rankings. He would inevitably be passed by Andy Murray and Juan Martin del Potro in the world rankings.
To clarify the diagnosis and extent of the injury, Nadal will carry out this afternoon an MRI scan in the CIMA clinic of Barcelona under the supervision of his doctor Angel Ruiz Cortorro. The ultrasound imaging that was done in Melbourne at the end of his quarter-final against Andy Murray, revealed a tear in the quadriceps tendon. Depending on the amount of broken fibres, the damaged area and the bio mechanics of the player- for a lefty an injury in the right leg is worse- a definitive time out will be established. But the reality is that the 30 days pre-season that Nadal had to prepare for the US hard court swing will be converted into a longer and larger rehabilitation.
Here's a news report discussing the injury ... in Spanish!!
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