“We are a little more afraid than usual”: Rafael Nadal embarrassed in the same place as an old injury, should we be worried ?

L'Espagnol a dû poser un temps mort médical en raison d'une douleur musculaire. AAP – JONO SEARLE

The Spaniard Rafael Nadal, who needed a small medical intervention during his quarter-final lost in Brisbane on Friday January 5, described after the match a "muscle” pain. , at "a very similar place" to his injury contracted a year earlier.

Nadal, 37, who made his big return to competition in Australia after almost a year off due to injury, had to go to the locker room during the match against Jordan Thompson to heal , after feeling pain in the upper left thigh.

The Australian Thompson then won 5-7, 7-6 [8], 6-3 in 3 hours 25 minutes. If he had been able to play without pain during his first two rounds, Rafael Nadal – who underwent two hip surgeries last year – suffered more late in the match.

He mentions pain "in a very similar place" to his injury contracted during the Australian Open in 2023, which then took him away from the courts.

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"I feel that it's more muscular, he informs. Last year it was tendons. It's not the same as last year because at that moment I immediately felt something radical, he explained.

"Today, I didn't feel anything. The only problem is that the place is the same, so we're a little more scared than usual. “Ideally”, the holder of 22 Grand Slam titles hopes it's just the “overworked muscle after a few days of # 39;effort and a very difficult match.

While he doesn't hope to win a trophy in the near future, Rafael Nadal "hopes to have the chance to practice during the week next time and playing in Melbourne, while not being 100% sure of anything at the moment.