rafael nadal expects to compete at the miami open this week despite turning his left ankle in practice on monday nadal has a bye and isn't scheduled to play until a second round match on friday the third ranked nadal will play the winner of the match between nicolas almagro of spain and sergiy stakhovsky of ukraine 'it's for sure i'm going to be on court on friday,' said nadal on tuesday 'the thing is, i don't know how well i'm going to be prepared for then i hope to be ready it's an important tournament for me' rafael nadal speaks to the world's media during his preparations for the miami open  the former world no 1 is confident of playing at the tournament despite suffering an ankle injury  nadal has reached the final of the miami open four times without lifting the trophy  nadal, who has reached four miami finals but never held the trophy, initially thought the ankle injury might keep him from playing 'in the beginning, i thought that was going to be the end of the tournament,' nadal said 'i am confident i'm going to be ready' nadal spent more than an hour practicing on tuesday, even with his ankle bothering him he consulted with his personal trainer as well as atp trainers, who agreed the injury wasn't severe and didn't require an mri or x ray nadal continued his recovery by reaching the quarter finals at indian wells before losing to milos raonic  the spaniard, pictured receiving treatment at the 2014 australian open, struggled with injuries all last year  'i feel pain,' nadal said 'it's obviously normal i was a little bit limited today, but i was able to practice one hour and a half, which is more than i expected yesterday when it happened' nadal missed most of the second half of 2014 with injuries he was out after wimbledon because of a right wrist injury until the end of september he played in beijing and shanghai before appendicitis ended his year he had surgery in early november nadal, who won his 65th career title in buenos aires in february, arrived in miami after a quarter final showing at indian wells last week
nadal spaniard miami last year monday the miami open
former world no 1 turned his ankle during practice on monday  nadal is confident of recovering to play in the miami open  spaniard has struggled with injuries since last year but has a good record in miami   reaching four finals but never winning the trophy 