Rafael Nadal’s incredible start to the season, winner of three tournaments at the beginning of the year (including the Australian Open 2022) and slowed down only by Taylor Fritz in the Indian Wells Master 1000 final after a run of 3 consecutive victories, seemed to presage another season on clay dominated by the Majorcan champion.However, the stress fracture in the side suffered in the last acts of the American tournament has disrupted the plans of the 21-time Grand Slam champion, who will be forced to stay away from the courts for between 4 and 6 weeks.If his absence in Monte Carlo is already certain, his presence at the ATP 500 in Barcelona is still up in the air. In an interview granted to Marca, the director of the Catalan tournament, former world number three David Ferrer, stated that the hope o …