Rafael Nadal

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Rafael Nadal On Australian Open Injury: 'Sometimes It's Difficult To ... (ATP Tour)

Rafael Nadal reflects on his Australian Open injury and loss to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round of the year's first Grand Slam.

“I think during the match every time I was a little bit closer and was understanding better the things that I had to do to overcome the situation. “I was not able to hit the backhand at all. I was not able to run for the ball. “But I don't know 'til I do the test and all this stuff, I don't know. That's the philosophy of the sport. “I have history in the hip that I had issues. “That's the sport at the same time. “I considered all the time stopping, but I didn't ask the physiotherapist at the end. I had to do treatments in the past, address a little. It's all the amount of work that you need to put together to come back at a decent level.” So I really hope that [this] doesn't put me out of the court for a long time, because then it's tough to make all the recovery again. From there, the match was the American’s for the taking, and take it McDonald did by a 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 margin.

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Injured Rafael Nadal Out Of Australian Open After Loss To ... (Forbes)

Nadal appeared to be hampered by an injury he picked up in the game's second set.

Djokovic, who has won a record nine Australian Open titles, was unable to defend his crown last year after being dramatically deported from Australia over his Covid vaccination status. When you do things that you like to do, at the end of the day, it's not a sacrifice.” That is the total number of singles Grand Slam titles that Rafael Nadal has won in his career, more than any other player in men’s tennis history. His last two titles came at 2022’s Australian and French Opens. I like to fight for the things that I have been fighting for almost half of my life or even more. Top seed and defending champion Rafael Nadal was knocked out of the Australian Open Wednesday, following a second-round defeat after he appeared to pick up an injury in the middle of the game, ending his pursuit for a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam title.

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Rafael Nadal का 23वां ग्रैंड स्लैम जीतने का सपना चकनाचूर.. वाइफ मारिया ... (News18 इंडिया)

Rafael Nadal wife Crying in stands: टॉप सीड राफेल नडाल को वर्ष के पहले ग्रैंड स्लैम ऑस्ट्रेलियन ओपन ...

37 वर्षीय राफेल नडाल को अमेरिका के मैकेंजी मैक्डोनाल्ड (Mackenzie McDonald) ने पुरुषों के एकल वर्ग के दूसरे दौर के मुकाबले में 4-6,4-6,5-7 से पराजित किया. वह फिलहाल विश्व रैंकिंग में दूसरे स्थान पर है लेकिन शीर्ष रैंकिग वाले कार्लोस अलकाराज के नहीं खेलने से उन्हें शीर्ष वरीयता मिली थी. नडाल कोर्ट पर लौटे लेकिन चिर परिचित लय में नहीं दिखे. नडाल वर्ष के पहले ग्रैंड स्लैम ऑस्ट्रेलियन ओपन (Australian Open) में अपना खिताब बचाने उतरे थे लेकिन वह दूसरे राउंड में ही हारकर टूर्नामेंट से बाहर हो गए. नडाल की हार के बाद मारिया फ्रांसिस्का पेरेलो (Maria Francisca Perello) फूट फूटकर रोने लगी. विश्व के दूसरी वरीयता प्राप्त स्पेनिश टेनिस खिलाड़ी राफेल नडाल (Rafael Nadal) का 23वां ग्रैंड स्लैम खिताब जीतने का सपना चकनाचूर हो गया है.

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Australian Open 2023: Defending champion Rafael Nadal bows out ... (Livemint)

The 27-year-old McDonald dominated Nadal 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 in a match that lasted for two hours and 32 minutes.

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Rafael Nadal and the North American curse: From Taylor Fritz to ... (Tennis365)

Since the beginning of the 2022 season, Rafael Nadal has lost 11 matches and seven of those have come against players from North America.

[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) Shapovalov also got a walkover win at the Paris Masters in 2019. [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/) [Live Tennis](https://www.tennis365.com/category/live-tennis/) [Tennis News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/tennis-news/) [Universal Tennis serve up realistic ratings system – with Novak Djokovic top](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/universal-tennis-rankings-djokovic/) [beat the Spaniard 7-6 (7-3), 6-1](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/nadal-no1-taylor-fritz-atpfinals/) at the ATP Finals in Turin. [securing a 3-6, 7-6 (7-4), 6-1 victor](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/alarming-moment-rafael-nadal-paris/)y. [he won 6-3, 6-4](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/felix-auger-aliassime-topples-rafael-nadal-in-turin-to-dent-no-1-hopes/) during the group phase of the season-ending tournament in Turin, Italy. [a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3 victory](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/frances-tiafoe-stuns-rafael-nadal-us-open-tears/) for his first-career win over his esteemed colleague. [going down 3–6, 6–7 (5–7)](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/nadal-no1-taylor-fritz-atpfinals/). [he suffered a 1-6, 7-5, 6-2 defeat](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/denis-shapovalov-huge-fan-injured-rafael-nadal-french-open/) at the hands of Canadian Shapovalov.

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Rafael Nadal exits Australian Open in Round 2, wife Mery Perello ... (Economic Times)

Post-match, Nadal revealed that he had been dealing with a hip issue for a couple of days leading up to the match, but it had become significantly worse ...

[Australia](/topic/australia)is a stark contrast to last year's tournament, where he made a spectacular run to the title and secured his record 21st [Grand Slam](/topic/grand-slam)crown. During the match, Nadal appeared to jar his left hip while running to hit a forehand and required a medical timeout. [Rafael Nadal](/topic/rafael-nadal)'s early exit from the Australian Open has raised concerns about his future in tennis.

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Rafael Nadal 'destroyed mentally' as injury curse strikes again at ... (Sportstar)

The Spanish great hurt himself stretching for a shot in the second set against American Mackenzie McDonald, and while he battled on, his movement was ...

“I don’t know what can happen in the future. I like to fight for the things that I have been fighting for almost half of my life or even more. “I like to feel myself competitive. I know it’s not forever. “Now it’s a tough moment. It’s a tough day and you need to accept that and keep going.

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Rafael Nadal: राफेल नडाल उलटफेर का शिकार, 7 साल बाद किसी ग्रैंड स्लैम ... (Jansatta)

Rafael Nadal out of Australian Open: कूल्हे की चोट से जूझ रहे राफेल नडाल (Rafael Nadal) को 23वें ग्रैंडस्लैम ...

[2024 में नरेंद्र मोदी के खिलाफ कौन? राफेल नडाल (Rafael Nadal) साल 2016 में ऑस्ट्रेलियन ओपन से ही पहले दौर में बाहर हो गए थे। वह कोर्ट पर लौटे, लेकिन चिर परिचित लय में नहीं दिखे। उन्होंने कहा कि वह मुकाबला बीच में छोड़कर जाना नहीं चाहते थे। मैकडोनाल्ड अमेरिका में एनसीएए चैंपियनशिप जीत चुके हैं, लेकिन कभी किसी ग्रैंडस्लैम के चौथे दौर से आगे नहीं गए। Rafael Nadal out of Australian Open: कूल्हे की चोट से जूझ रहे राफेल नडाल (Rafael Nadal) को 23वें ग्रैंडस्लैम के लिए अभी और इंतजार करना होगा। वह आस्ट्रेलियाई ओपन (Australian Open) के दूसरे दौर में मैकेंजी मैकडोनाल्ड के हाथों उलटफेर के शिकार होने के साथ बाहर हो गए। गत चैंपियन और शीर्ष वरीयता प्राप्त राफेल नडाल (Rafael Nadal) पर विश्व रैंकिंग में 65वें स्थान पर काबिज मैकडोनाल्ड ने 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 से जीत दर्ज की।

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Australian Open: नडाल उलटफेर का शिकार, टूटा 23वां ग्रैंडस्लैम जीतने का ... (India TV हिंदी)

राफेल नडाल ऑस्ट्रेलियन ओपन के दूसरे दौर में हारकर बाहर हो गए हैं।

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Australian Open: गत चैंपियन राफेल नडाल हुए उलटफेर का शिकार, दूसरे ... (दैनिक जागरण)

गत चैंपियन राफेल नडाल ऑस्‍ट्रेलियाई ओपन में दूसरे दौर में बाहर हो गए।

यह भी पढ़ें: [यह भी पढ़ें](/tennis/headlines-australian-open-2023-rafael-nadal-struggle-hard-for-victory-and-swiatek-crosses-first-hurdle-23298528.html) [यह भी पढ़ें](/tennis/headlines-camila-giorgi-open-up-about-fake-certificate-of-covid-19-said-it-is-doctor-fault-23298760.html)

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Top-Seeded Rafael Nadal Loses at Australian Open After Injury (The New York Times)

Nadal, who has won 22 Grand Slams, lost in the second round to Mackenzie McDonald, an American who has never cracked the Top 40 in the world rankings.

Nadal will likely take a break to get healthy again, then, if he can, turn his focus to the spring clay-court season and the French Open. At other moments of disappointment, Nadal has been able to appear philosophical, expressing thanks for the good fortune of his life. Nadal arrived in Australia in December to play for Spain in the inaugural United Cup, a rare competition with both men and women. He also has had to adjust to fatherhood after the birth of his first child, a son, in October. Tiafoe was the first American-born player to beat Nadal at a Grand Slam in nearly two decades. He quickly returned to form and won the final in Melbourne after being two sets down against Daniil Medvedev of Russia. Before the injury, McDonald stood on the baseline and beat Nadal at his own game, meeting Nadal’s power and topspin with his own flatter version of it, curling forehands just above the net and sending Nadal chasing the ball from corner to corner. [Carlos Alcaraz](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/06/sports/tennis/carlos-alcaraz-australian-open.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-australian-open&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc), [Naomi Osaka](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/08/sports/tennis/naomi-osaka-withdraws-australian-open.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-australian-open&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc)and [Nick Kyrgios](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/16/sports/tennis/nick-kyrgios-australian-open.html?action=click&pgtype=Article&state=default&module=styln-australian-open&variant=show®ion=MAIN_CONTENT_1&block=storyline_top_links_recirc)have all pulled out of the tournament. Down one set and on the ropes against Mackenzie McDonald in the second round of the Australian Open on Wednesday, Nadal injured his hip while chasing down a shot in the eighth game of the second set. Tommy Paul and Taylor Fritz beat Nadal later in the fall in other tournaments, when the Spaniard was trying to return late in the season from an abdominal injury. Knowing his day and his tournament were all but done, he watched two aces blaze by, bringing him to the brink of going down two-sets-to-love against McDonald, a 27-year-old American who has never cracked the Top 40 in the world rankings. He somehow stayed even with McDonald through the first 10 games of the second set, hobbling around, taking wild cuts to try to end points quickly.

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Mackenzie McDonald and a dodgy hip stop Rafa Nadal (Hindustan Times)

This makes it seven defeats in the nine matches since Nadal's 2022 US Open fourth-round ouster, a wretched return from an abdominal injury last August ...

Even before the injury, McDonald was the better player for much of the first two sets, although Nadal felt he was getting “closer” to him as the contest wore on. I had to do treatments in the past, but it was not this amount of problem," he said. “I just wanted to finish the match, that's it,” he said. As things stand, Nadal doesn't know the extent of the hip injury to discuss his next possible stop in the calendar (Nadal was due to play in Dubai next month). The Spaniard came back on court after a medical timeout after that game to hold serve. This time the issue was the hip, and the loss to unseeded American Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 in the second round of the Australian Open as the defending champion and top seed.

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Battered and bruised, Rafael Nadal leaves the Australian Open with ... (The Indian Express)

One year on from his fairytale triumph, the Spaniard lost in the second round after facing yet another injury setback, prompting more questions over his ...

Leaving his year, and the rest of his career, in uncertainty. He also said he has no problem making sacrifices to keep doing what he loves, to delay the inevitable end. In the first round, he needed nearly four hours to dispatch an unseeded – yet talented – Jack Draper who faced physical issues of his own. He arrived in Paris unfit and uncertain, and left on crutches, but after taking pain-numbing injections in his foot, also with a record-extending 14th French Open singles title. Seven weeks later, he arrived at the Australian Open, in what some assumed was his last appearance down under, and won a record-setting 21st Major title after defeating Daniil Medvedev in a final he was trailing by two sets. His wife, Mary, a few months after a reportedly challenging pregnancy that led to the birth of their first child, wiped tears on her face.

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Defending champion Rafael Nadal ousted from Australian Open (ESPN)

Defending champion Rafael Nadal lost to Mackenzie McDonald in the second round of the Australian Open.

16 [Frances Tiafoe](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2708). [Stefanos Tsitsipas](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=2869), No. 6 [Felix Auger-Aliassime](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3209), No. 15 [Jannik Sinner](https://www.espn.com/sports/tennis/players/profile?playerId=3623) and No. He squatted behind the baseline and placed his racket down on the court. 2, but Nadal was the top seed at Melbourne Park because No. Something to tell his grandkids one day, and you have to be happy for that guy.'' McDonald has never been past the fourth round at a major tournament. He kept fighting until basically the end, even though he maybe didn't have all his game,'' said McDonald, a 27-year-old American who won NCAA championships in singles and doubles for UCLA in 2016. He said the hip had been bothering him for a couple of days but that it was never as bad as it became on Wednesday. Nadal returned to play but was physically compromised and not his usual indefatigable self, saying afterward he could not hit his backhand properly and could not run much, either. Up in the stands, his wife wiped away tears.

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Australian Open day three wrap: Rafael Nadal out, Coco Gauff sees ... (Tennis365)

In the eagerly anticipated women's singles clash between Coco Gauff and Emma Raducanu, the American triumphed over the Brit in straight sets, though she had to ...

[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) How do you recover from that?! [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/) “How did she not remember that? I need to work on that a bit!” I just told myself at least you didn’t face plant on the floor, I was trying to keep things in perspective.

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Australian Open: Rafael Nadal after hip injury leads to early exit ... (Scroll.in)

The injury-hampered defending champion succumbed 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 to 65th-ranked Mackenzie McDonald of the United States.

“I have history in the hip that I had issues. We request you to support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund. I had to do treatments in the past, address a little. “It hurts as always, but in the end, the glass is getting fuller,” he said in Spanish, a phrase that means getting fed up or reaching your limit. He may have been hindered by his hip against McDonald – the latest in a long line of injuries that have blighted his career. In the aftermath of his physically and emotionally painful defeat, Nadal said he had had the problem for “a couple of days” but did not know what the issue was.

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हार से निराश हूं मगर लड़ना नहीं छोड़ूंगा : Rafael Nadal (Dainik Savera)

आस्ट्रेलिया ओपन में अमेरिकी प्रतिद्धंदी मैकेंजी मैकडानल्ड से मिली हार से निराश राफेल ...

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Hampered by injury, what's next for Rafael Nadal following ... (CNN)

Rafael Nadal leaves the court after losing to Mackenzie McDonald in the Australian Open. MANAN VATSYAYANA/AFP/AFP via Getty Images. CNN ...

“He’s going to be the first one to bring it up and I think he deserves that. You are doing the things that you want to do.” “I don’t think we need to speculate constantly about when that’s going to be. When he feels right, it’s going to be right. “When you like do one thing, at the end, sacrifices always make sense, because the ‘sacrifice’ word is not like this. Ultimately, it’s up to him. “I like playing tennis and I know it’s not forever. This new injury is the latest in a long list that have hampered Nadal throughout his career. “It’s very simple: I like what I do,” Nadal told reporters, per ESPN. “Here we are again, six months later, and he’s dealing with another issue in that same area. That’s the sport at the same time – just try your best until the end.” “It’s better like this at the end.

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Rafael Nadal Reveals Diagnosis Of Australian Open Injury | ATP ... (ATP Tour)

Rafael Nadal updated his fans by revealing the results of an MRI following an injury he suffered in the second round of the Australian Open.

He also competed in the [United Cup](https://www.atptour.com/en/scores/archive/brisbane-perth-sydney/9900/2023/results) to begin his season. At 3-4 in the second set against McDonald, the Spaniard chased a forehand wide and aggravated an injury that he admitted he had felt for a couple of days. "The MRI shows a grade 2 injury in the iliopsoas muscle in my left leg.

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'Normal recovery time 6 to 8 weeks': Rafael Nadal confirms grade 2 ... (The Indian Express)

The Spaniard was a set and break down during his second-round defeat to Mackenzie McDonald at the 2023 Australian Open when he crouched down in pain ...

The setback is a huge blow for Nadal, who already trying to make a comeback from an abdominal injury that affected him in the second half of 2022. In his post-match press conference he confirmed the pain was in his hip, but he was unsure of the extent of the injury. The MRI shows a grade 2 lesion in the Iliacus Psoas of his left leg.

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Rafael Nadal sidelined for 6-8 weeks with hip flexor injury (Hindustan Times)

The 36-year-old had an MRI scan on his left leg in Melbourne on Thursday, which revealed a grade 2 injury in the Illiopsoas, the primary hip flexor.

"It's not only the recovery. "I mean, hopefully it's nothing too bad. The 36-year-old had an MRI scan on his left leg in Melbourne on Thursday, which revealed a grade 2 injury in the Illiopsoas, the primary hip flexor.

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Tennis: Rafael Nadal ruled out for 'six to eight weeks' after hip injury ... (Scroll.in)

The 36-year-old wrote on Twitter that scans showed a grade two moderate tear.

We request you to support our award-winning journalism by making a financial contribution towards the Scroll Ground Reporting Fund. But I need to avoid again a long period of time outside (of the sport),” he said then. “Because if not, it’s tough.”

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Rafael Nadal's team gives update on the injury he sustained during ... (Tennis365)

Rafael Nadal is expected to be sidelined for between six and eight weeks with the injury he suffered at the Australian Open on Wednesday.

[Australian Open](https://www.tennis365.com/category/australian-open/) [News](https://www.tennis365.com/category/news/) [Live Tennis](https://www.tennis365.com/category/live-tennis/) [ATP Tour](https://www.tennis365.com/category/atp-tour/) Let’s see how the injury is, and then let’s see how I can manage to follow the calendar.” Sad for leaving soon this great tournament and very thankful once again to all, fans, organizers, amazing crowds… Many thanks to all for the support and the great moments you make me live here. After his exit, he wrote on Instagram: “Not the result I wanted, would have loved to continue my run here, but today it wasn’t possible. [he could announce his retirement after this year’s French Open](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/rafael-nadals-future-australian-open-retirement-french-open/). [Rafael Nadal and the North American curse: From Taylor Fritz to Felix Auger-Aliassime and Mackenzie McDonald](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/rafael-nadal-and-the-north-american-curse-from-taylor-fritz-to-felix-auger-aliassime-and-mackenzie-mcdonald/) [defeat to American Mackenzie McDonald](https://www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/rafael-nadal-rages-umpire-wife-mery-crying-limps-defeat-mackenzie-mcdonald/) on Rod Laver Arena.

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Rafael Nadal suffers grade-2 injury on left leg (Sportstar)

The injury is likely to keep Nadal out of action for 6-8 weeks which means he may drop out of the top 10 in the ATP rankings for the first time since 2005.

Open after rib, abdomen and foot injuries kept him off the court for much of last season after Wimbledon. A six to eight-week recuperation would allow Nadal to return well before the clay court season and the run-up to the defence of his French Open title in late May and early June. “It’s not only the recovery.

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