Rafael Nadal’s injury-plagued season is all but over after the Spaniard underwent surgery on a hip muscle which will keep him out of action for an estimated five months, his representative said on Saturday.
The 14-times French Open champion, who has won a men’s joint-record 22 majors, has been out of action since January after hurting his hip flexor in a second-round defeat by Mackenzie McDonald at the Australian Open.
“Rafa will begin his progressive functional rehabilitation in a few hours,” Nadal’s representative, Benito Perez-Barbadillo, said in a statement.
“The normal recovery process is estimated at five months, always taking into account respecting the biological times of said structure.”…