‘I am not ready’: Rafael Nadal to miss Australian Open after new muscle tear

  • Former world No 1 suffered injury setback in Brisbane
  • ‘I’m flying back to Spain to see my doctor and get treatment’

Rafael Nadal has announced that he is withdrawing from the Australian Open after an MRI scan revealed that he had a micro tear on a muscle at the Brisbane International.

The tennis great made his long-awaited comeback in Brisbane after spending almost a year on the sidelines with injury, sustained at the Australian Open in January last year. Nadal had surgery on the psoas tendon in his left hip in June.

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