"Everything went well": successfully operated, Nadal announces his absence for 5 months

While thousands of people pass every day in front of his statue at Roland-Garros bitterly regretting his absence, Rafael Nadal gave reassuring news from his hospital room. The Spaniard, who celebrates his 37th birthday this Saturday, was successfully operated Friday night on the left psoas, the muscle that is located between the lumbar and femur.

"As you know, I had surgery last night," shared the man with 14 titles to Roland who is being treated in Barcelona. Everything went well and the arthroscopy was on the tendon of the left psoas, which has prevented me from competing since January. An old injury to the labrum in my left hip has also been regularized, which will certainly help the tendon evolve better. »

Hola a todos. Como sabéis anoche tuve una intervención quirúrgica. Todo ha ido bien y la artroscopia fue en el tendón del psoas izquierdo que me ha tenido apartado de la competición desde enero.

— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) June 3, 2023

Bothered by physical glitches, will Rafael Nadal be able to return to the courts and if so, when? In any case, it marks its intention to come back more beautiful and even gives a horizon: this winter. "I will immediately start a progressive functional rehabilitation and the normal recovery process is 5 months, if all goes well," he says. Once again, I would like to thank you for all the support you have given me and that you give me every day. Today is also my birthday. Not in the place I wanted or dreamed of, but THANK YOU anyway! »

Absent from the courts since the beginning of the year, Rafael Nadal had already announced that 2024 would "probably" be his last: "My goal, my ambition, is to stop a few months and then give me the opportunity to come back next year, which will probably be my last year on the tour, even if I can not be 100% sure that this will be the case," he said. With this successful operation, he puts all the chances on his side to end his career in style.