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Recuperating Nadal will not rush back
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September 26, 2012, Wednesday
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RAFAEL Nadal's steady recuperation from a knee injury is proceeding according to plan and he is not going to rush back before it has healed properly, the world No. 4 said.
In an interview in Madrid, the 11-time grand slam singles champion said he was still feeling some pain in his left knee and would only return to the court when that was no longer the case.
"I am working as much as I can, I am doing everything they tell me to everyday and the truth is that right now things are going well, more or less," the 26-year-old Spaniard said.
"The only thing is that I need bit more time," he added.
"We'll see how things develop in the next few weeks but my priority is to recover well, not quickly but well.
"Obviously as soon as possible but the main thing is to have the certainty that you are fine when you do return.
"I will return to the court when I feel that the knee no longer gives me any pain, whether that is in two weeks or in three or four."
Majorca-native Nadal has been sidelined several times by knee injuries during his 11-year career and his latest was diagnosed as a partial tear of the patella tendon and an inflammation of the Hoffa's fat pad.
The former No. 1 has not played since suffering a shock second-round defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June. He missed the Olympic Games after winning the title in 2008 and was forced to withdraw from the US Open.
Nadal is having intense physiotherapy and laser treatment and Spanish tennis federation doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro said on Sept. 5 he could be back on court training within a month.
"I think tennis is a very aggressive and demanding sport and obviously the knees suffer above all when you are playing on hard courts," he said. "The reality is that at the age of 26 and after a career of more than 10 years, with very good results, it has been my good fortune that my knees have not prevented me competing at the highest level for many years."
Nadal played some of his best tennis in the first half of the year, losing narrowly to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open and winning a record seventh Roland Garros title on his favored clay.
He said his goal was to get back to a similar level of fitness to allow him to go toe-to-toe with the game's best again.
"What I hope for is to be ready to compete again for everything I want to compete for, like I did in the first six months of the year," he said.
In an interview in Madrid, the 11-time grand slam singles champion said he was still feeling some pain in his left knee and would only return to the court when that was no longer the case.
"I am working as much as I can, I am doing everything they tell me to everyday and the truth is that right now things are going well, more or less," the 26-year-old Spaniard said.
"The only thing is that I need bit more time," he added.
"We'll see how things develop in the next few weeks but my priority is to recover well, not quickly but well.
"Obviously as soon as possible but the main thing is to have the certainty that you are fine when you do return.
"I will return to the court when I feel that the knee no longer gives me any pain, whether that is in two weeks or in three or four."
Majorca-native Nadal has been sidelined several times by knee injuries during his 11-year career and his latest was diagnosed as a partial tear of the patella tendon and an inflammation of the Hoffa's fat pad.
The former No. 1 has not played since suffering a shock second-round defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June. He missed the Olympic Games after winning the title in 2008 and was forced to withdraw from the US Open.
Nadal is having intense physiotherapy and laser treatment and Spanish tennis federation doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro said on Sept. 5 he could be back on court training within a month.
"I think tennis is a very aggressive and demanding sport and obviously the knees suffer above all when you are playing on hard courts," he said. "The reality is that at the age of 26 and after a career of more than 10 years, with very good results, it has been my good fortune that my knees have not prevented me competing at the highest level for many years."
Nadal played some of his best tennis in the first half of the year, losing narrowly to Novak Djokovic in the final of the Australian Open and winning a record seventh Roland Garros title on his favored clay.
He said his goal was to get back to a similar level of fitness to allow him to go toe-to-toe with the game's best again.
"What I hope for is to be ready to compete again for everything I want to compete for, like I did in the first six months of the year," he said.
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