<p align="justify" class="bodytext">World number one Rafael Nadal faces three weeks out after being diagnosed with a torn inner hip muscle during his Australian Open quarterfinal defeat, his management said on Wednesday.</p>.<p align="justify">The 16-time Grand Slam champion had a scan in a Melbourne hospital after he retired early in the fifth set of his match with Croatia's Marin Cilic on Tuesday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The MRI (scan) showed a grade one injury of his illiopsoas on his right leg," his management said in a statement.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"He will be resting over the next days once back in Spain and will start with anti-inflammatory physiotherapy.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"He will start his rehabilitation and pre-adaptation process to the tennis court in two weeks, starting progressively his training and practice."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Nadal team said the Spanish star was expected to be fully recovered in three weeks and could resume playing in Acapulco late next month.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"Three weeks is the normal time to totally recover and he will resume his tennis schedule as planned, playing Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami," the statement said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Spaniard was forced to withdraw when trailing Marin Cilic 0-2 in the fifth set and called on tour organisers to do more to halt injuries to top players.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">His comments followed the withdrawals of Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori before the tournament started and Novak Djokovic struggling ahead of his exit on Monday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"Somebody who is running the tour should think a little bit about what's going on. Too many people are getting injured," Nadal said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I don't know if they think a little bit about the health of the players. I don't know if we keep playing on these very hard surfaces what's going to happen in the future with our lives."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It was the second time Nadal had been forced to pull out with injury in Melbourne after calling it quits in the third set of his 2010 quarter-final against Andy Murray with a knee problem.</p>
<p align="justify" class="bodytext">World number one Rafael Nadal faces three weeks out after being diagnosed with a torn inner hip muscle during his Australian Open quarterfinal defeat, his management said on Wednesday.</p>.<p align="justify">The 16-time Grand Slam champion had a scan in a Melbourne hospital after he retired early in the fifth set of his match with Croatia's Marin Cilic on Tuesday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"The MRI (scan) showed a grade one injury of his illiopsoas on his right leg," his management said in a statement.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"He will be resting over the next days once back in Spain and will start with anti-inflammatory physiotherapy.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"He will start his rehabilitation and pre-adaptation process to the tennis court in two weeks, starting progressively his training and practice."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Nadal team said the Spanish star was expected to be fully recovered in three weeks and could resume playing in Acapulco late next month.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"Three weeks is the normal time to totally recover and he will resume his tennis schedule as planned, playing Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami," the statement said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">The Spaniard was forced to withdraw when trailing Marin Cilic 0-2 in the fifth set and called on tour organisers to do more to halt injuries to top players.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">His comments followed the withdrawals of Andy Murray and Kei Nishikori before the tournament started and Novak Djokovic struggling ahead of his exit on Monday.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"Somebody who is running the tour should think a little bit about what's going on. Too many people are getting injured," Nadal said.</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">"I don't know if they think a little bit about the health of the players. I don't know if we keep playing on these very hard surfaces what's going to happen in the future with our lives."</p>.<p align="justify" class="bodytext">It was the second time Nadal had been forced to pull out with injury in Melbourne after calling it quits in the third set of his 2010 quarter-final against Andy Murray with a knee problem.</p>