Nadal Withdraws From Doha And Australian Open

3fees · 12-29-2012, 06:34 AM

"Rafael Nadal has been forced to withdraw from the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha and the Australian Open due to a stomach virus.

"My knee is much better and the rehabilitation process has gone well as predicted by the doctors, but this virus didn’t allow me to practise this past week and therefore I am sorry to announce that I will not play in Doha and the Australian Open, as we had initially scheduled,” said Nadal.

“I will have to wait until the [Abierto Mexicano Telcel] Acapulco tournament to compete again although I may consider to play before [that] at another ATP World Tour event.”

The 26-year-old Spaniard has not played competitively since 28 June, when he lost to Czech Lukas Rosol 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon second round.

Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, Nadal’s doctor and Director of the Centro Mapfre de Medicina del Tenis, said, “Last week, Rafa Nadal suffered a viral process that provoked a gastroenteritis with high fever for four or five days.”

http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...ur-Return.aspx

sdont · 12-29-2012, 06:51 AM

Oh man, you're just 24 hours late...

SwankPeRFection · 12-30-2012, 06:21 PM

Nadal is doing well in his amazing imitation of Borg.

He's pretty much done...

Murrayfan31 · 01-01-2013, 11:48 AM

Of course he withdrew. The silent ban hasn't ended yet.

12-29-2012, 06:34 AM	#1
3fees Professional Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: NorCal Posts: 1,018	Nadal Withdraws From Doha And Australian Open "Rafael Nadal has been forced to withdraw from the Qatar ExxonMobil Open in Doha and the Australian Open due to a stomach virus. "My knee is much better and the rehabilitation process has gone well as predicted by the doctors, but this virus didn’t allow me to practise this past week and therefore I am sorry to announce that I will not play in Doha and the Australian Open, as we had initially scheduled,” said Nadal. “I will have to wait until the [Abierto Mexicano Telcel] Acapulco tournament to compete again although I may consider to play before [that] at another ATP World Tour event.” The 26-year-old Spaniard has not played competitively since 28 June, when he lost to Czech Lukas Rosol 6-7(9), 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 in the Wimbledon second round. Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, Nadal’s doctor and Director of the Centro Mapfre de Medicina del Tenis, said, “Last week, Rafa Nadal suffered a viral process that provoked a gastroenteritis with high fever for four or five days.” http://www.atpworldtour.com/News/Ten...ur-Return.aspx

12-29-2012, 06:51 AM	#2
sdont Legend Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Paris, France Posts: 6,132	Oh man, you're just 24 hours late... __________________ "Mark my words, Gasquet will never ever be in the top 10 again." ~ Cesc Fabregas

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