After suffering yet another painful exit at the hands of a unseeded Tennis player, former world number one, Rafael Nadal has ended his 2014 tennis sojourn as the Spaniard will go under the knife come November.
After suffering yet another painful exit at the hands of a unseeded Tennis player, former world number one, Rafael Nadal has ended his 2014 tennis sojourn as the Spaniard will go under the knife come November.
The French Open champion suffered a 6-2, 7-6 (7/4) loss in the quarter-finals of the Swiss Indoors to a teenager Borna Coric that wrapped up his tennis season as the former will undergo appendix surgery.
The nine-time French Open champion and 14-time Grand Slam title winner later went on to confirm that there was no logic in him competing at either next week’s Paris Masters or the eight-man World Tour Finals in London from November 9. With a serious injury threatening his playing career, ‘Rafa’ has hardly played on the court this season with only the French title to his name.
Speaking to the press after the game Rafa stated, “This is the day to say goodbye for the season. It`s the day to say I had a good first six months this year. But it was hard after that with back and (three-month summer) wrist problems and now the appendix. I`m not going to play Paris or London, I`m not competitive enough to do that. I need to do the surgery; I need to work on my back next week before the operation. Then I need five weeks to recover.”
The appendix surgery has disappointed most of his Indian fans as well with him pulling out from the much anticipated ITPL (International Tennis Premier League). Nadal, who had been taking antibiotics to treat appendicitis, wants to return to action by December as soon as soon as the physical problems are healed.
He further added, “If I play the last two tournaments, I would not be competitive and would have no chance to win. It is better for me to recover. I hope to be back at the start of 2015 ready for anything.”
Rafael Nadal has been the centre of many injuries ever since he took the court. The Spaniard is on the recovery process and if fit again, the former world number one will be an unstoppable figure if regained full fitness.
