World No. 1 tennis player Rafael Nadal has been injured, and it is not sure right now whether or not he will be able to recover in time to return to the game for the Davis Cup final in Spain. Being held in Argentina, the Davis Cup would be a big tournament for Rafael Nadal to play in, especially as he seeks to uphold his World No. 1 title which he just recently claimed from his long time tennis rival, Roger Federer. Unfortunately, his uncle who is also his trainer just recently spoke out about his injuries and it is apparently doubtful that he will be recovered enough by the end of this month to handle the tournament.
Nadal is suffering from tendonitis in his right knee. Because of the unexpected injury, he was forced to pull out of the Masters Cup in Shanghai which just began on Sunday and was meant to be the season ender for him. He was also forced to retire out of the Paris Masters quarter final tournament where he was playing against Nikolay Davydenko just last month.
According to Toni Nadal, Rafael Nadal's trainer and uncle, Rafael's inclusion into the Davis team is going to be difficult because the tests have not been going very well. He spoke to the Marca newspaper ahead of the November 21 through 23 tie in Mar del Plata and indicated that while Rafael is healing, he is not healing at the pace that is required for him to come back this season, and the idea of him coming back in time for the Spain Davis Cup is slim to none at this point. According to Toni Nadal, there are very few options available to Rafael right now because he is feeling pain on the court and is having difficulty making it through the tournament matches.
According to a statement that was recently released on Rafael Nadal's official website, the Mallorcan would be traveling to Barcelona on Monday in order to undergo some more tests. According to Rafael, his body needs to be able to do its work and regenerate on its own time according to doctors, so he seems keen on sitting out a few tournaments if it means coming back better than ever when the tendonitis has subsided. Right now Nadal is attributing his tendonitis injury on what he views to be an overloaded ATP tennis calendar. He is a recent French Open and Wimbledon champion and has had an incredible year, becoming the World No. 1 in August of this year and finally beating out his long time tennis rival in the process. Rafael's primary hope right now as he recovers from his injury is that he is able to return to the courts before he loses his World No. 1 title.
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