Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the Indian Wells and Miami Open tournaments after aggravating the leg injury that forced him out of the Australian Open in January.
“Unfortunately, the injury I suffered in Acapulco before starting the tournament is in the same area as the one suffered in Melbourne,” Rafa said on his Facebook page.“I won’t be able to play in Miami or Indian Wells as I need to recover.
“It was very painful to retire from Acapulco and it’s very hard as well to not play in the USA. I will miss you and I will do everything that’s possible to be back there in 2019.”
Get well soon, Rafa!
Please let this be the turning point of the season. No more cakewalks for Roger. In fact, Roger played only Cilic and Dimitrov this season, and the rest was just a bunch of nobodies. Along comes world no. 8 JMDP, the man who’s always injured on his wrist, and boom, down goes Roger. Now THAT is how good RF is folks. That 17-0 really tells me zero. It is time for Novak, Andy, Stan and Rafa to recover from their physical (and in Rafa’s case mental) injuries and get back on track.
Rafa…looking forward to the next tournament you’re able to play. Tennis 🎾 isn’t the same without you playing. Come back strong.
mdl
Love Rafa a lot. Always my favorite tennis player, the greatest in my opinion. But…his decisions about his schedule lately are disaster. And I think he will not change unfortunately. So stubborn. Never learn from Fed. Maybe Federer is not my favorite tennis player, but without any doubt is the smartest one.That why he will achieve the most….unfortunately again.