ការវះកាត់​ត្រគាក​របស់ Rafael Nadal 'បាន​ទៅ​ជា​ល្អ' ប្រឈម​នឹង​ការ​ជាសះស្បើយ​រយៈពេល 5 ខែ

Rafael Nadal’s hip surgery “went well” and he faces a five-month recovery timeline, according to Jon Wertheim of Tennis Channel.

Nadal underwent arthroscopic surgery to treat his psoas muscle, his representative has said. The surgery on Nadal — who turned 37 on Saturday — was performed in Barcelona by Canadian doctor Marc Phillippon of Steadman Clinic who is based in Colorado and works on a lot of athletes. Three total doctors were present for the surgery, Wertheim reported.

“The fact that a doctor was flown across an ocean tells you something about the severity of this, there was a scope,” Wertheim said Saturday on Tennis Channel. “I was told that some tissue was removed. It was a success. Nadal has already started recovering, not how he wanted to be celebrating the middle weekend of Roland Garros, not how he wanted to be celebrating his 37th birthday.”

He added: “He’ll get stitched up and then head home…I was told the usual recovery time for this is about five months.”

There is no timetable on when he will return, but Nadal said last month he hoped to play in the Davis Cup finals for Spain later this year. That remains in doubt, but a return in 2024 is possible.

“This [surgery] was serious business, but also this gives you some indication on how intent he is on playing professional tennis again,” Wertheim said.

The 14-time Roland Garros champion and 22-time Grand Slam winner last month withdrew from the French Open and is missing it for the first time since 2004. He announced that 2024 will be his final year of tennis.

“My injury did not progress as it should have,” he announced May 18 at a press conference at his academy in Mallorca, Spain, per Relevant Tennis. “It will be impossible for me to play at the Roland Garros.”

“I just want to give myself the opportunity to compete again for what will be my last year. I hope that 2024 is not just a year of simple appearances, but a year where I can win the tournaments I play. It will be difficult, but we have to hope for it.”

He added: “The last few years have been difficult and it has been complicated to find consistency in my job, which is what I need,” he said. “The best thing to do now is to take a break and see if the body recovers in the coming months.”