Boris Becker ‘worried’ about Rafael Nadal’s Roland-Garros chances amid French Open champion’s injury problems

Rafael Nadal is fighting against the clock to be fit to defend his French Open crown, and Boris Becker is “worried” about the Spaniard’s chances. Nadal is yet to return to the court following a hip injury he sustained at the Australian Open in January and he most recently pulled out of the Italian Open in as he had not fully recovered. Ad In an exclusive interview with Eurosport, Becker admitted something “really bad” must have happened for Nadal to miss tournaments on his favourite clay surface in preparation for Roland-Garros.

Roland-Garros‘Can’t underestimate Rafa’ – Evert on Nadal and Djokovic status ahead of French OpenYESTERDAY AT 11:08 «All Nadal fans, and I'm one of them, are worried,” he said. “It happens that he is injured. After his injury in Melbourne, it was said that he would be fit again for the clay-court season.

That was not the case. “If Nadal cancels the clay-court tournaments in preparation for Roland-Garros, something really bad must have happened. “I really hope he can at least compete in Paris.

That would at least be good news.» The 36-year-old has won a record 14 French Open titles, with his most-recent triumph coming last year when he battled past Casper Ruud 6-3 6-3 6-0 in the final. Even then, the “King of Clay” had navigated his way through numerous injury problems and concerns to win a 22nd career Grand Slam. «If Paris really is his last [tournament], that would be negative news about Rafael,” Becker responded when asked if the French Open could be his last tournament.