“Alcaraz is insured and Nadal is testing himself”

Rafael Nadal he intensified his academic training in Manacor. The objective, to make a mock competition to make a final decision about their participation in Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell-Conde de Godó Trophythat the main draw should be released this Saturday for its contention from April 17 to 23.

There isn’t much time for the 36-year-old Spaniard to test his sensationalism and bet on a repeat appearance at the tournament he has won twelve times. He hasn’t played since he suffered a hip injury in the second game of the latter australia tomorrow: “Grade 2 injury to the Iliac Psoas of his left leg. The normal time for a full recovery is between 6 and 8 weeks,” said the official statement from mid-January.

Too many time outs had an impact on the ranking, which dropped to fifteenth place, having not dropped out of the top-10 since April 2005.

Champion from 2005 to 2009, from 2011 to 2013, from 2016 to 2018 and in 2021, when he lifted his last Godó Trophy for now with the mask required by health regulations due to the pandemic, after the cancellation of 2020 due to Covid. He is sidelined in 2022 with a broken rib.

The Mutua Madrid Open will be next on his calendar, it will be held from April 26 to May 7. Rome welcomes tennis players from May 10 to 21. Paris opens the main draw on Sunday May 28, and it will close on June 11.

david ferrer, sports director of the event, explained in statements to Esport33 that “it is not excluded. I am in contact with Rafa and his manager, Carlos Costaand I can say it is being analyzed before making a decision”.

He also told a story Carlos Alcaraz, who also missed the land of Monte Carlo after losing their semifinals in Miami and suffering from “post-traumatic arthritis in the left hand and muscular discomfort in the spine that required rest.”

“His presence is certain. There can always be last-minute injuries, but he plans to train this Friday in Barcelona.”