Like a bolt from the blue, just when he had given more than encouraging signals for this season, a new and unusual injury put a spoke in Rafael Nadal’s wheels. The Spaniard’s journey, who had the opportunity to win his fourth consecutive 2022 title in Indian Wells, had to suddenly come to a halt due to a stress fracture of the third left rib, which will prevent him from attending Monte Carlo.and Barcelona. Presumably, he will return to tread the much-loved clay in Madrid (barring unforeseen deterioration). Net of the hitches and the facts on the pitch, however, Rafael Nadal’s perseverance is something that always affects everyone.At the age of 35 – despite a few too many ailments which, however, are natural – the hunger for competition that has …