IMAGE: Rafael Nadal hopes to be totally match for the French Open beginning subsequent month. Photograph: Cameron Spencer/Getty Images
Rafael Nadal will miss subsequent week’s Barcelona Open and proceed constructing his match health following a hip damage sustained on the Australian Open in January, the 22-times Grand Slam champion mentioned on Friday.
Nadal skipped tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami in addition to the continued Monte Carlo Masters after struggling the damage that successfully ended his Melbourne Park title defence as he crashed to a second-round defeat by Mackenzie McDonald.
“Barcelona is a particular match for me, as a result of it is my adopted membership and taking part in at house is at all times a novel sensation,” the 36-year-old Nadal mentioned on Instagram.
“I’m nonetheless not prepared and due to this fact I proceed my preparation course of for the return to competitors.”
The Spaniard, a 14-times French Open champion, hopes to be totally match for the clay courtroom Grand Slam beginning in May.
