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Rib injury rules Nadal out of French Open warm-up tournaments

Rafael Nadal will miss a month of the clay court season after tests revealed he had injured a rib during the Indian Wells tournament in the United States. © Pierre René-Worms / RFI

Clay court maestro Rafael Nadal faces more than a month on the sidelines after a rib injury ruled him out of next month's Monte Carlo Masters and the Barcelona Open.

The 35-year-old Spaniard, who has won the titles in Monte Carlo and Barcelona 11 and 12 times respectively, could also be forced to sit out the Madrid Open at the start of May after tests revealed a stress fracture in his rib.

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