Rafael Nadal Out For Eight Weeks After Sustaining Hip Injury

Spanish world number two, Rafael Nadal announced on Thursday that he would be out for up to eight weeks after sustaining an injury during his shock exit from the Australian Open.

The 36-year-old wrote on Twitter that scans showed a moderate muscle tear.

“I have carried out medical tests after the defeat yesterday,” the 22-time Grand Slam winner made this known, adding that they showed a grade two lesion in the iliacus psoas of the left leg.

“Normal recovery time six to eight weeks,” he said, adding that he would now rest and undergo anti-inflammatory physiotherapy.