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Only a couple of hours after David had talked about "feeling great" during his post-match press conference, first rumours on the net and then an article on the tournament website appeared, stating the following:
Argentine David Nalbandian will not play the quarterfinal against Rafael Nadal, scheduled for Friday, because of an acute inflammation in the right hip that has forced him to retire, as announced by the tournament director Albert Costa. The Mallorcan advances directly to the semifinals of the tournament.
As explained Dr. Angel Ruiz-Cotorro, the Argentine player has been troubled by a lingering discomfort in his hip over the last two weeks, problems that have grown worse in the last few days and that will prevent him from facing up to a match of such intensity, tomorrow.
So far, it's still completely unclear how serious this really is. Or if it will affect his schedule for the next few weeks. It's also unclear why David didn't make any allusions to having these problems, not even directly before withdrawing.
Right now, nothing is clear...
4 comments:
oh no...
Terrible news...all we can do is wish David a speedy recovery. It's very disappointing, as I was really looking forward to seeing David play Rafa again, and I've not been able to see anything of the 2 matches he did play this week.
Someone has posted on a Nadal forum that they'd heard that David has withdrawn from Rome, but I can't find anything to confirm that. Time will tell I guess. Sad times :-(
It's on his official site, as well.
David will not play Rome.
But maybe Estoril.
Poor Nalby, the sadest thing is that doctor did not authorize him to fly back to Cordoba to see Loeb rally..Very disapointing for Nalby...really...
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