adminMADRID. — Rafa Nadal is expected to be released from a clinic in Barcelona within 48 hours after undergoing an appendectomy on Monday, the world number three’s spokesman said.
After losing in Basel last month, Spaniard Nadal announced that his difficult 2014 season, when he has endured injury, illness and worrying defeats, was over and he would be having surgery for appendicitis.
The 28-year-old is aiming to return at the Qatar Open in Doha on January 5 — a tournament he won this year before his body started letting him down.
Nadal was expected to be released from a clinic in Barcelona yesterday after undergoing a successful appendectomy, the world No 3’s spokesman said.
“Rafa feeling well, surgery went well, if everything goes as planned out of the hospital tomorrow (yesterday),” spokesman Benito Perez-Barbadillo said on his company’s Twitter feed (@b1pr) on Monday.
Nadal was expected to speak to the media late yesterday, assuming he was well enough to be discharged, Perez-Barbadillo said. — Reuters.
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