Tennis: No surgery for injured Nadal

Nadal could be back on the practice court in a month: Doctors

MADRID: Doctors have ruled out surgery to treat Rafael Nadal’s knee and he could be back on the practice court in a month, according to Spanish Tennis Federation doctor Angel Ruiz-Cotorro. The 26-year-old has been on the sidelines since his shock Wimbledon second-round exit at the hands of unheralded Czech Lukas Rosol in late June because of a torn tendon in is left knee. That meant he missed the London Olympics, the Masters series events at Toronto and Cincinnati as well as the US Open, which is currently underway in New York. “We have completely ruled out surgery,” said Ruiz-Cotorro. “We believe that within two months the tendon will be in what we consider a normal state and in a month’s time, he can get back to work on the court.”

Published in The Express Tribune, September 7^th, 2012.