Rafael Nadal He is awaiting medical tests that will reveal the exact extent of the damage to his left hip that led to his defeat by the American. mackenzie mcdonald by 6-4, 6-4 and 7-5 in 2h.32′ of play on the center court of the Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
He has been suffering from discomfort in recent days with a strained joint, but the pain suddenly worsened after moving in search of the ball in the seventh game of the second set of their second round meeting.
The reigning Australian Open champion, 36, said goodbye ahead of schedule and fears for his immediate future. He hopes that the problem has a quick and easy solution to resume normal competition. ATP tournaments in Doha and Dubai are on his schedule for next month.
Early elimination also has a strong impact on the ATP world ranking. Nadal exposed 2,000 points, of which he will lose 1,955 because he only accumulated 45 to reach the second round. His account ranged from 5,770 to 3,815 points.
2,915 behind the leader, Carlos Alcaraz (6,730), absent due to injury and number one is at risk if Novak Djokovic or Stefanos Tsitsipas win the tournament or Casper Ruud is seeded in the final.
Nadal already knows he will drop from second to sixth place, with a very open option that he will drop to eighth place as Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz push. There is a possibility to drop from the top-10 but there has to be a lot of combination with the players coming from behind.
Rafael Nadal holds the record for staying in the top-10. It entered in April 2005, it hasn’t been out since then, it ran for 904 consecutive weeks.
ATP World Ranking
After the dismissal of Rafael Nadal
1. Carlos Alcaraz (Span) / 6,730
2. Casper Ruud (Nor) / 5,765
3. Novak Djokovic (Srb) / 5,115
4. Stefanos Tsitsipas (Gree) / 5,040
5. Andrey Rublev (Russian) / 3,885
6. Rafael Nadal (Span) / 3,815
7. Felix Auger-Aliassime (Can) / 3,625
8. Taylor Fritz (USA) / 3,410
9. Holger Rune (Also) / 2,911
10. Hubert Hurkacz (Pol) / 2,860
11. Cameron Norrie (GBR) / 2,715
12. Daniil Medvedev (Russian) / 2,705
13. Alexander Zverev (German) / 2,425
14. Frances Tiafoe (USA) / 2,305
15. Pablo Carreño (Span) / 2,285
Source: La Verdad
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