Yesterday, Nadal posted on social media about his injury in the Indian Wells game:
Hello everyone, I would like to announce that I have returned to Spain and immediately after the final in Indian Wells I went to visit my medical team and did some physical examinations.
As a result, I had a stress fracture in one of my ribs and would be out for 4-6 weeks. It's not good news, and I didn't expect it either. I was disappointed and sad, especially after such a great start to the season.
I spent a very important time in this year with good mood and good results. But I have always had the spirit to keep fighting and overcome difficulties, and what I will do is be patient and work hard after training and look forward to my recovery. Thank you again for your support.
According to doctors' estimates, Nadal's most optimistic recovery time will also be after April 20, and if he does not recover well, he is likely to be back on the field in early May. It also means that Nadal will definitely miss Monte Carlo and Barcelona.
The Madrid Masters will start on May 1 and the Rome Masters on May 8. In good condition, Nadal may use these two stops to find the feeling of the game, but once there is any change, Nadal will face a situation of zero warm-up airborne French Open.
In the past few seasons, Nadal has not been able to get into the state immediately when he first appeared on clay, and it took several races to slowly polish his form. Facing such an accident now undoubtedly casts a shadow over Nadal's legal open prospects.
Stress fractures, also known as fatigue fractures, differ from open fractures in that they are not fractures in which the bones are subjected to instantaneous stress, but rather a accumulation of chronic strain. When the muscles are overused and fatigued, they cannot absorb the vibrations caused by repeated collisions in time and conduct the stress to the bones, so that long-term, repeated, and minor direct or indirect damage can cause small bone fractures or fractures in specific areas.
Stress fractures occur from time to time in athletes who receive high-intensity exercise shocks every day, and many athletes have affected their careers because of stress fractures. This time, Nadal did not choose to rest in time after such a successful start to the season, and the team's wrong decisions did pay a great price, and some of them were not worth the losses.
As the first clay race of the season, Monte Carlo's squad remains luxurious after Nadal's exit. Djokovic, as the top seed, is the only post-80s player in the top eight, and he will stand alone against the post-95s team composed of Medvedev, Zverev, Tsitsipas, Beretini, Rublev and Rudd. In addition, Ariasim, Sina and Alcarraz will also join the competition.
Yesterday, the Miami Masters qualifiers played at the same time as the first round. Zheng Qinwen lost to Reinet 6-7 (4), 4-6 in the first round of the main round, and missed the second round.
In the first round of the qualifiers the day before, Wang Qiang, Zhu Lin, Wang Xinyu, Wang Xiyu and Yuan Yue passed the test together. In yesterday's second round of matches, the No. 2 seed Wang Xinyu defeated Australia's Saunders 6-2, 6-4, the 14th seed Wang Qiang defeated Italy's Bronzetti 6-3, 6-2, yuan Yue defeated Germany's Maria 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, so that three more players successfully entered the Miami main tournament.
Zhu Lin lost 3-6, 2-6 to Canada's Marino, and Wang Xiyu lost to No. 9 seed Davis by the same score as Zheng Qinwen 6-7, 4-6, and both missed the regular match.