Rafael Nadal is suffering from muscle pain in the psoas, near the groin. The Mallorcan, who won the French Open 14 times, called a news conference on Thursday.

Nadal's call, through a press release, is at his Academy in Manacor (on the island of Mallorca), starting at 16:00 p.m. local time (11:00 Argentine time) The winner of 22 Grand Slam titles played his last official match last January in the second round of the Australian Open.