02 February,2011 08:59 AM IST | | AFP
Spanish World No 1 Rafael Nadal must rest for ten days with a thigh muscle tear, he said last night on his website.
Nadal crashed out of the Australian Open after struggling with the injury against compatriot David Ferrer and he explained he has to rest up following tests which showed that he is suffering from an 'adductor longus rupture of the right leg' according to a report submitted by Dr Angel Ruiz Cotorro.
The Spaniard added he was undergoing physiotherapy and anti-inflammatory treatments, as well as specific stretches with doctors estimating a recovery period of "about ten days".
His loss Down Under to Ferrer deprived him of a 'Rafa Slam' ufffd a fourth straight non-calendar year Grand Slam after winning the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open crowns last year.
Those successes meant that the Spanish international went to Melbourne looking to become the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to own all four Grand Slam titles at the same time.
