‘I saw the light over injuries and so will Murray’

MONTE CARLO, Principality of Monaco: World number one Rafael Nadal said on Friday that he has spoken to Andy Murray about his injury woes, adding he knows how hard it is to not “see the light of how to improve”.

Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray had hip surgery in Melbourne at the start of the year and is targeting a return for the grasscourt season, having not played since a Wimbledon quarter-final defeat by Sam Querrey last July.

“I saw him in Melbourne, and I spoke with him on the phone two weeks ago,” Nadal said after his Monte Carlo Masters quarter-final thrashing of Dominic Thiem.“He asked me about things. I don’t want to tell you about the things that we talk because will not be fair for him, and I will not feel comfortable with it.

“But, yes, I tell him the things that I think worked for me.”Nadal has struggled in recent months with a hip injury himself, and is playing in his first ATP tournament this week since January’s Australian Open.

“I have been in that situation,” added Nadal. “I know how tough and frustrating (it) is when you work every day and you don’t see the light of how to improve. You don’t see any improvements.

But then one day trying things, trying treatments, one day things are going better, no?“That’s what I really hope about him because he is important, very important, for our tour.”