Nadal's MRI

marc45 said:
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looks important
 
ghostofMecir said:
He’s supposed to just rest until...Acapulco. LOOOOOOL! Grade 1 means minor. Of course. At least half the tour would show a grade 1 something after an event.

People here talking about skipping everything until clay. When will people learn?

IT’S THE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE TIME!
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You can give eyes to the blind but cannot make them see what they don't want to see.
 
Serve&Bash said:
Man this forum never changes.I mean how could you not notice how dramatically inferior Nadal's movement became after 1-2 in the 4th set. He ran down a drop shot whilst injured? The wonders never cease! He was trying to play through the pain as best as he could. He couldn't explode off his right leg to run to his forehand side, I think that was extremely obvious.
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I am surprised that you care to explain to people running on the hate agenda. I don't know what this fuss about him faking injury. Even if he did, did he get any favor for retiring instead of losing a completed match. He still got out of tournament and he still wouldn't get any ATP point beyond reaching QF. Cilic deserved a win for fighting it out. Fitness and stamina very much part of sport and if you falling short of those you can't discredit opponent. Nadal had it in him to finish it in 3 sets. He was up break in second and third he won. With shortened preparation of tournament after WTF injury he was always risking himself going beyond 3.5 hours.

Very glad to hear that he'll be back soon.
 
marc45 said:
inner hip they say, Rafa was saying no hip, but it is the inner hip...seems not too bad but imagine he was scared because it might have been one of the few he hadn't experienced
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That may very well be the feel of it. Hip is often noted to be on the outside of ileum. Inner side constitutes a leg flexor issue. And may feel like it was in the abbs.


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marc45 said:
and the winner is...

  1. Stuart Fraser‏Verified account @stu_fraser 1m1 minute ago
    Rafael Nadal's MRI scan in Melbourne this morning shows a "grade 1 injury of his iliopsoas on his right leg". Three week recovery time expected. Still hopes to play in Acapulco.



  2. Simon Cambers‏ @scambers73 1m1 minute ago
    News from the Nadal camp - Rafa Nadal set to be fit again in three weeks, should be back on Tour as planned in Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami - MRI showed a "Grade 1 injury of the Illiopsoas" (Inner hip muscle)


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"iliopsoas"

learned a new term,thanks Rafa
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Such a recognizable muscle
 
NatF said:
Yeah like seriously why bother? After the knee troubles and the leg stuff now I hope he takes Acapulco off.

Glad the recovery time for Nadal is quick and it's not serious.
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He probably should skip it tbh, or at least Barcelona, one of the two. I can understand him playing for the points though with Fed close behind.
 
MichaelNadal said:
He probably should skip it tbh, or at least Barcelona, one of the two. I can understand him playing for the points though with Fed close behind.
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Season has just started, Federer wont be #1 long unless he wins the Sunshine Double again and even there Nadal can gain a lot of points in IW. No brainer to me.
 
ghostofMecir said:
He’s supposed to just rest until...Acapulco. LOOOOOOL! Grade 1 means minor. Of course. At least half the tour would show a grade 1 something after an event.

People here talking about skipping everything until clay. When will people learn?

IT’S THE SAME THING EVERY SINGLE TIME!
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What is the same thing? So what if it's minor? It still hinders him from running properly.

I don't get what the big deal is. Are you guys saying he should have continued or that he retired to have an excuse?
 
Clay lover said:
Waiting for the haters to come in and say the report is forged and that a grade 1 injury is nothing.
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a grade 1 injury is a very mild injury that will completely self heal in 2 weeks but he can still use the body part right now. Iliopsoas is part of his hip flexor. Calm down and untwist your knickers its good news. What is less good news is that nads will come back and play the exact same style and exact same over playing schedule and another injury is around the corner be it his leg, arm, finger, big toe or whatever. Wishing him a speedy recovery, this looks like good news

Nads better come back and make it to finals, a mandatory beatdown by fed at IW and Miami is awaiting but for petes sake dont overplay these stupid non mandatory ATP 250s and 500s and clam down overplaying on the clay season

fed stats are saying 75% of points are less than 5 shots. As he said in his last AO 2018 interview he cuts practice short if he hes had enough quality, doesn't go for quantity and said if hes up double break hes not going to run for a drop shot. Learn something from this nads. Feds stats are saying he is returning serves 2 metres inside the baseline

As you say there is life after tennis and taking 5 hours to beat schwartzman and grinding every 200 ranked mug out there is not the way to enjoy that life in or after tennis.
 
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marc45 said:
I wonder if this late career interest in adding this tournament is his business interests there...doesn't he own a travel resort in Mexico?

maybe he just didn't want to do Rotterdam/Dubai anymore...February is kind of a quiet month, at least since Dubai kind of slipped a bit in terms of getting all the top guys
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It doesn't make a lot of sense that he'd complain about the arduous nature of the tour, then go and play Acapulco. Should rest until Monte Carlo, why not take it easy in February/March?
 
So a pulled hip flexor. Surprised he couldn't play through that

Didn't Fed play through a torn meniscus in 2016?
 
NatF said:
Yeah like seriously why bother? After the knee troubles and the leg stuff now I hope he takes Acapulco off.

Glad the recovery time for Nadal is quick and it's not serious.
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Most people believe including myself that Nadal will play Acapulco injured or not injured if Federer wins the Australian Open but will definitely withdraw if Federer doesn't win the AO to keep the number 1 ranking at all costs.
 
Hip flexor strains range from grade 1 to grade 3 and are classified as follows:

  • Grade 1 Tear: a small number of fibres are torn resulting in some pain, but allowing full function.
  • Grade 2 Tear: a significant number of fibres are torn with moderate loss of function.
  • Grade 3 Tear: all muscle fibres are ruptured resulting in major loss of function
 
Daniel-San said:
So a pulled hip flexor. Surprised he couldn't play through that

Didn't Fed play through a torn meniscus in 2016?
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Totally different, if you tear an actuator instead of a shock absorber. Didn’t you see how poorly he walked between the points right before giving the match away?

Nadal is the last person to throw a game away for sure.

What happens, when you are unable to flex your hip is, that you will not be able to step forward and lift your knee underneath your body.

If he’d continue to finish the game, it might and would get even worse, cause the tear in a muscle would have caused severe spasm to protect the injured part.

Torn meniscus lets you move nearly as normal, yet some restiction may occur in the range of knee flexion or extension. And more often than not it doesn’t hurt while moving. The pain comes in when you stop, unless it is really bad. Have experience on both, fully torn off muscle and three torn meniscises.



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And therein lies the problem with HumbleRaf. Acapulco is a nothing tournament. Why recover for three weeks then play there? Why not take 4 or 5 weeks off, then come back totally fit at Indian Wells?
 
Enterprise said:
Because it’s a tune up for Indian Wells
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He shouldn’t need a tune up. It’s more important that he’s totally fit. He’s 2nd on the GOATlist, and if he can’t get through the first few rounds of IW without any recent tournament prep then there’s something seriously wrong. If he comes back too early and gets injured again it puts IW and Miami at risk, and even the clay season.
 
MarcusInKensington said:
He shouldn’t need a tune up. It’s more important that he’s totally fit. He’s 2nd on the GOATlist, and if he can’t get through the first few rounds of IW without any recent tournament prep then there’s something seriously wrong. If he comes back too early and gets injured again it puts IW and Miami at risk, and even the clay season.
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Well I have him on top in goat race but he isn’t seriously injured so why not look to win Indian Wells which is considered the 5th biggest event
 
MarcusInKensington said:
I’m not saying IW isn’t a big event, but do you seriously think he needs to play Acapulco in order to be in with a chance of winning IW?
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Apparently nasals team says he needs to play regularly to be competitive. Personally I tend to agree with you and actually if Nadal were to play anywhere I’d have suggested clay in Rio . Indian Wells is more like a clay court in speed and bounce as Acapulco is low and quick
 
Enterprise said:
Apparently nasals team says he needs to play regularly to be competitive. Personally I tend to agree with you and actually if Nadal were to play anywhere I’d have suggested clay in Rio . Indian Wells is more like a clay court in speed and bounce as Acapulco is low and quick
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Yeah, big bull crap from his team. He was invited ($$$) to play on Rio's clay and declined saying that he's focusing on more HC tournaments. Go figure.
 
Serve&Bash said:
Man this forum never changes.I mean how could you not notice how dramatically inferior Nadal's movement became after 1-2 in the 4th set. He ran down a drop shot whilst injured? The wonders never cease! He was trying to play through the pain as best as he could. He couldn't explode off his right leg to run to his forehand side, I think that was extremely obvious.
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3 weeks rest according to the experts and he'll be back playing where he left off. Haas, Del Potro, Murray and Novak has just told Nadal to stop the drama-queen act it's getting repetitive.
 
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