Rafael Nadal Illness: Updates on Tennis Star’s Status and Return

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Published: March 26, 2016

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Rafael Nadal retired from his second-round Miami Open match against Damir Dzumhur because of illness, and it's unclear when the world's fifth-ranked player will return to action.  

Continue for updates. 

Latest on Nadal's Illness Saturday, March 26 According to We Are Tennis, Nadal tapped out of his tilt with Dzumhur while trailing 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 and appeared to be in great distress:



Per Live Tennis, the on-court doctor urged him to retire from the match, and although he attempted to push through, he ultimately couldn't compete any longer:



Nadal's retirement broke a long streak of finishing out matches, according to Ricky Dimon of The Grandstand:



The 2016 season has been a struggle for Nadal thus far, with no titles to his credit and a first-round Australian Open exit on his record as well. This comes on the heels of what was a subpar 2015 campaign for the future Hall of Famer.

Rafa started the 2015 season with high expectations, befitting a player with 14 career major titles, but he struggled to the tune of just three singles titles and nothing better than a quarterfinal appearance in his four Grand Slam entries.

It also marked the first year he did not win the French Open title since 2009, which was the biggest sign that he simply wasn't the dominant player he once was.

While injuries didn't cause him to miss much action in 2015 like they did in previous years, nagging ailments may have played a role in his less-than-stellar showing.

Despite everything Nadal has dealt with in recent years, he didn't feel sorry for himself entering the 2016 campaign, per the Times of India (h/t Ahmed Rizvi of the National).

"It's not right to feel unlucky," Nadal said. "I feel very lucky about all the things that happened to me. I still got 14 Grand Slams and an Olympic gold, so I did much more th...
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