Tennis, Nadal misses the rest of the season due to foot problems

Deformation of the scaphoid of the tarsus. The Spaniard announced the stop due to physical problems that had already forced him to skip Wimbledon: “For a year I have suffered much more than I should and I need to take some time”

Another one bites the dust, as Queen sang. Another collapsing champion. After Roger Federer, for whom a long (definitive?) Stop is expected, and Dominic Thiem’s ​​renunciation of defending the title at the next Us Open, Rafa Nadal is also staying for the rest of the season. “Hello everyone: I wanted to inform you that unfortunately I have to close the 2021 season. Honestly, for a year I have suffered much more than I should with my foot and I need to take some time. I made this decision and I think it is the way forward to try to recover and recover well, ”said the Spaniard.

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Wimbledon

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Nadal will therefore be absent for the second consecutive absence from the Big Apple tournament. Last year he could not look for the fourth title on the Flushing Meadows fast (where he triumphed in 20120, 2017 and 2019), worried about the pandemic. The left foot injury had also prevented him from attending Wimbledon this year. The winner of 20 Grand Slam tournaments suffers from a congenital foot disease known as Müller-Weiss, caused by deformation of the scaphoid of the tarsus, a bone in which there are multiple tendons and ligaments. It is the bone that sits above the bridge of the foot. He was diagnosed with Nadal in 2005, with custom insoles having corrected the problem.

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