Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal confirmed today that he will miss the rest of the 2021 season to recover from a left foot injury.

Havana, September 11 (RHC)-- Spanish tennis legend Rafael Nadal confirmed today that he will miss the rest of the 2021 season to recover from a left foot injury.

On the social network Twitter, the golden left-hander of world tennis, explained that he began a treatment on the foot that will have him several days at rest and a few weeks off the court, forcing him to withdraw momentarily from the circuit.

The idol from Manacor said that he had been suffering pain in his foot for many months and for this reason he decided to go to Barcelona with the doctors of his work team to receive treatment.

Nadal suffered in 2004 a stress fracture in the scaphoid of his left foot and the discomfort returned a year later when he was diagnosed with a congenital disease, caused by the deformation of the scaphoid.

After the meeting with the specialists, the Mallorcan will now face a recovery process in order to return as soon as possible to the professional tennis circuit.

However, he said that the rehabilitation will be done gradually, without risks, which means that he might not even start the 2022 season.