Rafael Nadal will be sidelined for another five months after having surgery on the hip injury that has kept him out of action since January.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 37 on Saturday, had an arthroscopic procedure on Friday.
His team said it had gone well and the damaged areas had been cleaned and reinforced, and an old injury was also treated.
The Spaniard has said he plans to retire at the end of the 2024 season.
"Rafa will begin his progressive functional rehabilitation in a few hours and the normal recovery process is estimated at five months," Nadal's representative Benito Perez-Barbadillo said.