{"id":12977,"date":"2023-01-19T09:58:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12977"},"modified":"2023-01-19T09:58:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-19T09:58:24","slug":"rafael-nadal-crashes-out-of-2023-aussie-open-as-injury-threatens-to-end-his-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/rafael-nadal-crashes-out-of-2023-aussie-open-as-injury-threatens-to-end-his-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Nadal Crashes Out Of 2023 Aussie Open As Injury Threatens To End His Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/rafael-nadal-in-discomfort-during-2023-australian-open.jpg\" alt=\"Rafael Nadal in discomfort during 2023 Australian Open\"  title=\"Rafael Nadal Crashes Out Of 2023 Aussie Open As Injury Threatens To End His Career\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12978\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defending champ Rafael Nadal crashes out in round two<\/li>\n<li>Nadal went down to American Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets<\/li>\n<li>Nadal closer to retirement as hip injury makes things difficult for him<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/roger-federer-and-novak-djokovic-share-moving-tribute-to-rafael-nadal-for-setting-new-record\/\">Rafael Nadal won the 2022 Australian Open<\/a> and was very keen on defending his championship this year at Melbourne Park. <\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard was ranked as the number one seed for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/the-australian-open-2023-preview\">2023 Australian Open<\/a> and was expected to have a relatively easy match in the second round when he took on American <strong>Mackenzie McDonald<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Rafael Nadal Beaten In Straight Sets<\/h2>\n<p>Things did not go as per plan for the 36 year old Nadal as he found it tough going against the 27 year old California native who is ranked 48th in the world. <strong>Nadal did not look himself during the match as he was hampered by what looked like an hip injury<\/strong> and found it difficult to play his usual high intensity game.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal left the court during his match to receive medical treatment in what could either be a mid-section injury or a problem with his hip. Those details are yet to be disclosed as Nadal returned to the court and continued to play but was obviously hampered by the injury.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SUHPQ3IxVuA?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nadal ended up losing in straight sets, going down <em>6-4 6-4 7-5<\/em> to McDonald who now moves on to the third round and will play Japan\u2019s <strong>Yoshihito Nishioka<\/strong> who is ranked number 31 which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/au\/legal-australian-online-betting-sites\">Australian bettors may get some good odds on<\/a>. This is undoubtedly the biggest victory in McDonald\u2019s career and he will look to use that momentum to keep progressing at Melbourne Park.<\/p>\n<h2>Nadal Closer To Retiring Now With New Injury <\/h2>\n<p>Nadal has <strong>battled a number of serious injuries in the last 5 years<\/strong> that has significantly impacted him. However, his grit and determination has helped him overcome all of those injuries and go on to <strong>win 22 Grand Slams<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>That grit and determination is what pushed Nadal to return to the court after receiving medical treatment as he told reporters that <strong>he did not want to retire hurt being the defending champion<\/strong>. He preferred to give it his all and lose, rather than retiring hurt due to his injury.<\/p>\n<p>Nadal was honest and told reporters that this latest injury made him feel that <strong>he wasn\u2019t just physically hurt but also mentally destroyed<\/strong>. However, he says he still has a passion for the game and would not consider retiring due to the injury which which should be some comfort for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/tennis\">tennis<\/a> fans around the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summary Defending champ Rafael Nadal crashes out in round two Nadal went down to American Mackenzie McDonald in straight sets Nadal closer to retirement as hip injury makes things difficult for him Rafael Nadal won the 2022 Australian Open and was very keen on defending his championship this year at Melbourne Park. The Spaniard was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76,8,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-sports","category-usa"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Nadal Crashes Out Of 2023 Aussie Open As Injury Threatens To End His Career<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Nadal won the 2022 Australian Open and was very keen on defending his championship this year... but things did not go well for him\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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