Rafael Nadal37 years old and winner of 22 titles of grand slam, he feels he will be entering “unexplored territory” when he steps back out on the circuit after a year out due to injury. The Balearic tennis player announced a few days ago that he will return to competition in Brisbane ATP (December 31-January 7) after recovering from the iliopsoas surgery on his left leg that he underwent in June.
“Me and I’m afraid to announce things because it’s a year without competing and it’s a hip operation, but what worries me the most is not the hip, but everything else. I’m afraid to want to express something uncertainly at the time.” 100% I think I am prepared and confident and I hope things go well, I want to give myself the opportunity to enjoy the court again,” said Nadal in a video published on his social networks.
“In the end, it’s been a long time since I’ve been able to play, so the first thing I expect is to feel those nerves again, the excitement, the fears, the doubts. I hope for myself not to expect anything, this is the truth , to have the ability to not demand the same from myself.” that I have demanded of myself throughout my career,” added the Spanish tennis player.
“I think I’m in a different time, in a situation and uncharted territory, where one internalizes what one has done all one’s life, which is to demand the maximum from oneself . For now, what I hope is to be able to do what I’m not doing, not pushing myself to the maximum, accepting that things will be very difficult at the beginning and giving myself the necessary time and forgiving myself if I make mistakes at the beginning, which a huge possibility. But there could be a future not too far away where things can change if I keep the enthusiasm and work spirit and if the physique responds to me,” Nadal pointed out.
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Since then, Rafa has not competed Australian Open in January, when the discomfort in his hip worsened and he lost in the second round against the American Mackenzie McDonald (6-4, 6-4, 7-5), today was his last official match.
The manacorí then began another medical journey in search of a solution as he did not want his career to end due to injury. “I don’t think I deserve to end up like this,” he said months ago.
Finally, he had to undergo surgery and now he is ready to return to the circuit. Nadal is confident that he will be competitive, but on Monday he candidly revealed that he is plagued by doubts about what will actually happen to him.
Source: La Verdad
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