Rafael Nadal withdraws from Indian Wells and Miami

MADRID, 28 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal confirmed this Tuesday that he will not compete in the Indian Wells and Miami tournaments, the first two Masters 1,000 of the season, as he is still in the process of recovering from his injury from the last Australian Open.

"I am sad because I will not be able to compete in Indian Wells or Miami. Very sad not to be there. I will miss all my American fans, but I hope to see them later this year during the summer tour," Nadal said through his official 'Twitter' profile.

The man from Manacor, a finalist last year in Indian Wells against the American Taylor Fritz and who was not in Miami, stressed that he had taken his "free time" and that he had started "rehabilitation, the gym and physiotherapy according to the instructions of the doctors". "We are preparing to return in the best conditions," he warned.

"We want Rafa to continue to recover and we hope to see him back at the BNP Paribas Open next year," German Tommy Haas, director of a Masters 1,000 that the Balearic Islands man has won three times, said in the tournament's official account.

In this way, everything indicates that the winner of 22 'Grand Slams' wants to be completely healthy and with training rhythm for the clay court tour. Nadal was injured in the iliopsoas on January 18 at the Australian Open in his second round match against the American Mackenzie McDonald and in principle his period of absence was set between six and eight weeks.