BARCELONA – Rafa Nadal is still uncertain when he can return to competitive tennis after withdrawing from this month’s ATP event in Barcelona as he recovers from a rib injury, his team told Reuters on Tuesday. The Spaniard, who has won 21 Grand Slam singles titles, was ruled out last month for up to six weeks with a stress fracture in his rib. The 35-year-old has withdrawn from this month’s Barcelona Open. “Rafa has just been withdrawn from the entry list in Barcelona,” the team said in a statement sent to Reuters. Tests in Barcelona revealed “a stress fracture of the third left costal arch.”

Source: The Nation April 13, 2022 03:37 UTC