Rafael Nadal’s Injury Woes Continue to Raise Questions

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Published: October 1, 2012

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It's that time of the year again—the period of silence on the ATP tour, as far as concerns the Big Four, at least: Federer, Nadal, Djokovic and Murray.

Federer has gone off for a bit of a break, citing fatigue; Djokovic perhaps announced the start of the race for the No. 1 ranking when he confirmed his participation in the China Open and Andy Murray will likewise set off his bid for the top ranking at the Japan Open this week. The blanket of silence will likely be slowly lifted in the next few days.

Of the last man in this quartet, Rafael Nadal, only words will suffice for now. The man with 11 Grand Slam titles and a career seven French Opens has been sidelined for several months now, after losing his last match to Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon.

There were fears that a recurrence of his perennial knee problems might have been the true cause for such electrifying news. It wasn't as if Rosol didn't play the tennis of this life, but the suspicions were only made clear later, when Nadal announced his withdrawal from the Olympics, and then then US Open. For Nadal fans the fears were then realised in dread fashion.

In his latest interview since the happenings at New York, Nadal has now revealed a potential postponement of his comeback to after the Australian Open in 2013. Of course what Nadal actually means is that he's taking it day by day, and that his knee tendons are just not tennis-worthy at the moment and need daily examination; but its not as if he will be able to wake up one morning and hit the practice courts in earnest, either.

Not anytime soon, at least.

Nadal's knee health has been the centre of the discussion on the fate of his career since it hit him hard for the first time in 2009, and it was clear from that that it took him several months to get back into real shape. His defeat then to Robin Soderling at the French saw him return only at Montreal, and even then it took him a year, unti...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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