 So with the French Open going on as we speak and one of its biggest stars Rafa Nadal not playing due to injury. Rafa's actually gone back into surgery to get a little bit more surgery on his hip. Let's go have a look what the recovery time will be maybe for Rafa and when to expect him back. Well before we get into the video let me talk about today's sponsor NordVPN. NordVPN is the most popular virtual private network going around with the French Open. It's a great way to watch the French Open and all the biggest matches from the tournament for free. One of the questions I get asked the most during the live streams is where can I watch the match and that's where NordVPN comes handy. All you've got to do to watch the French Open this year is set your location to Australia. Go to one of the broadcasters in Australia for example Channel 9 and be able to watch all the matches over there for free for the entire tournament. NordVPN offers a 30-day money back guarantee on all purchases. Repetition is a security solution designed to defend you from everyday online cyber threats like malware and trackers. It scans your files while you're downloading them, identifies threats and blocks them before they can harm your device. If you use our link down the description and get a two-year plan you'll get four months absolutely free. So click our link down below NordVPN.com slash tennis talk to take advantage of this offer. So don't miss a minute of the French Open action that's coming up in the next couple of weeks. Jump on NordVPN today and start watching the matches. Thanks again to NordVPN for sponsoring this video. So this is what Rafa had to say over on Twitter. Hello everyone. As you know last night I had surgery. Everything went well and the arthroscopy was on the left tendon that has kept me out of competition since January. An old injury to the labrum of my left hip was also regularised which will surely help the better evolution of the tendon. I want to thank the doctors, Mark Philippon, Jumi Valero and Angel Ruiz Catoro for their work. I will start progressive functional rehabilitation immediately and the normal recovery process they tell me is five months. It all goes well. Once again thank you for all the support you have shown me and that you show me every day. Today also on my birthday not in the desired or dreamed place although thank you anyway. So there you have it. Rafa Nadal getting surgery on the hip and he's going to be out for five months which means probably no US Open. He's already pulled out of the French Open that's happening right now and of course Wimbledon as well in a couple of weeks. The US Open at stake possibly the rest of the season of course five months away is possibly November, October depending on how fast his recovery is. When do you think he's going to come back? Let me know down in the comments below because the Australian Open next year would be a fresh start. Starting fresh of course you can place some exhibitions across the December period which he's done over the last couple of seasons. Get ready for that maybe final year on tour in 2024 but it looks like he won't be playing the US Open and he wants to come back in five months as the recovery period from the doctors has said but no Rafa for the foreseeable future after more hip surgery.