Rafael Nadal does not know when he will return from injury

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Rafael Nadal says helium is successful a "difficult" concern arsenic helium does not cognize erstwhile helium volition instrumentality from his wounded lay-off.

He was initially ruled retired for six to 8 weeks with a hep wounded but has present not played since 18 January.

Nadal confirmed helium volition miss the Madrid Open, which starts connected 25 April, and determination is uncertainty implicit his information astatine the French Open successful May.

"The wounded inactive hasn't healed," the 36-year-old Spaniard said.

"I can't enactment retired what I request to compete. I was training, but present a fewer days agone we decided to alteration people a bit, bash different attraction and spot if things amended to effort to get to what comes next," helium explained in a video posted connected his societal media channels.

"I can't springiness deadlines due to the fact that if I knew I would archer you but I don't know. This is however things are now."

Nadal, who won his 14th French Open rubric past year, was diagnosed with a teardrop successful his near psoas musculus aft losing successful the 2nd circular of the Australian Open successful January.

The 22-time Grand Slam victor added: "I person nary prime but to effort to person the close cognition passim this time, effort to springiness myself the accidental to vie successful 1 of the tournaments that remains of the clay play and I person nary prime but to enactment and beryllium with the close mentality."

The French Open starts connected 28 May.

Meanwhile, Olympic champion Belinda Bencic says she volition miss some Madrid and Rome's clay tournaments due to the fact that of "discomfort" successful her hip.

The Swiss said she was struggling with the wounded passim the WTA Tour's United States swing, contempt inactive making the Charleston Open final.

Bencic said she has taken the determination to assistance her beryllium 100% acceptable for Roland Garros.

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