Nadal fell in the final to Andy Murray in Rotterdam
The injury suffered Sunday by the Spanish Rafael Nadal, world tennis number one, "does not seem anything serious," he said today, his uncle-trainer, Toni Nadal
"In principle it does not seem anything serious," he told dpa the coach of Spanish, which fell on Sunday before the British Andy Murray in the final of the tennis tournament in Rotterdam affected by problems in his right knee. Nadal, champion in the recent Open Australia lost by 6-3, 4-6 and 6-0 in a match that ended without being able to move almost due to their physical complaints.
"When I went to the track was bad," recalled Toni Nadal. "He took a painkiller but it did not end. In the third set and could not draw." Tennis meet today a series of advertising commitments in Madrid and took the opportunity to undergo physical tests with your doctor, Angel Ruiz Cotorro. "So the doctor does not say is how we will not know anything Specifically, but in principle does not seem anything serious, "he insisted to dpa Toni Nadal, who stood" a little below "the lesion, is distinct from that Nadal was the end of 2008 and which prevented him from playing the Masters in Shanghai and the final of the Davis Cup in Argentina.
The coach's number one believes that, in principle, his nephew to play in Dubai, its commitment to next week, although made the decision to the Davis Cup series later in the week to Serbia in Benidorm. "What Dubai will depend on whether we want to or not, is because after the Davis Cup." The player had already outlined their doubts about Dubai on Sunday night after the defeat to Murray. "I hope to play in Dubai, but you never know. For now we'll have to wait, that's all," said Spanish.
The organizers of Dubai paid a heavy sum for Nadal to play the tournament, which disputed in the past three years. The Swiss Roger Federer, who spends several weeks a year in her flat in Dubai, also played there each season. The absence of Nadal prevent the revenge of the Australia Open final, in which the Spanish beat the Swiss, who slumped over in tears.