Rafael Nadal says he is still in two minds about whether he will play the French Open starting later this month after he was eliminated from the Rome Masters 1000 event.

Poland's Hubert Hurkacz beat Nadal 6-1, 6-3 in the second round to end the Spaniard's run at the tournament – also known as the Italian Open — he has won a record 10 times.

Nadal was broken four times by Hurkacz before he bowed out in 93 minutes.

The 37-year-old, who has said he expected to retire after this season, spent most of last year nursing a hip issue that required surgery, before a muscle tear in Brisbane stalled his comeback in January.

Nadal has won the French Open a record 14 times but competing at his favourite major is still not certain.

"You can see today on the court how difficult it is," Nadal told reporters in Rome.

"Probably one is to say, 'OK, I'm not ready, I'm not playing well'. Then it's the moment to take a decision in terms of not playing Roland-Garros.

"Another is accept how I am today and work the proper way to try to be in a different way in two weeks.

"The decision, as you can imagine, is not clear in my mind today. But if I have to say what's my feeling and if my mind is closer one way or the other way, I'm going to say, 'Be in Roland-Garros and try my best'.

"Physically, I have some issues, but not probably yet enough to say not playing in the most important event of my tennis career."