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Nadal Addresses Shoulder Injury in Miami
April 1, 2011 · Print This Article

Following his three set win over Tomas Berdych on Thursday at the Sony Ericsson Open, top seed Rafael Nadal talked to the assembled media about the right shoulder injury he sustained during the opening stages of the second set.

Receiving a medical timeout to address the injury, Nadal continued to grind through the rest of the encounter before coming away with his ninth straight victory over the Czech.

“I think is nothing important for sure, no? I felt like the nerve was inflamed so he felt like it was a little bit heavy like in this area and he got dizziness,” said Nadal.

“You know, I did a little bit of treatment now after the match, and I going to do it more tonight when I arrive to the hotel. For sure it’s nothing important. The most important thing is the right arm, so when it happen new, it’s something if you don’t know what’s going on you lose the concentration thinking about the arm.

“But happen tomorrow it’s not going to be nothing new. Going to be easier to manage the situation. So I am sure that the arm is not going to affect the match.

Having never had this sort of an injury on Tour, Nadal confessed that he was initially worried about the outcome.

“No, first time in my life. Really strange,” admitted Nadal. Especially since the left arm you can do aggressive movement or something, but the right was really strange. Seriously, I couldn’t understand during the match what happened.

“I was thinking too much about the arm, and I lost a little bit the concentration. For that reason, maybe I stopped to play – stopped with the legs and…”

Nadal will next face Roger Federer in a blockbuster match on Friday evening in Miami.