Nadal gives new details about his ordeal: “Until the time came to say enough is enough”

Rafa Nadal can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The former world number 1 will reappear in early January at the Brisbane tournament after nearly a year out with a hip injury that forced him to undergo surgery.

Almost twelve months in which Nadal experienced a very difficult moment that this Wednesday he decided to share with his followers. “It’s been a very long year where we’ve gone through many phases, from trying to compete again to the gravel season… week after week, failure after failure until the time came to say enough is enough and really look for a solution, which is surgery“he said in a video published on his social networks.

“Since then everything has been a new horizon. A difficult path, I think, but there is always hope to return. Of course there were many doubts, of course, there were moments when it seemed impossible for this moment to come, but the spirit of work, the enthusiasm, was maintained and I think I’m ready to go back.” he continued.

“I don’t know what level, I don’t know what to expect. I have no idea but I don’t care either.. I’m just happy to be back and with the hope of making the necessary effort to have fun and be competitive” concluded the champion of 22 Grand Slam titles, who already knows his rivals in Brisbane.

Holger Rune (8) will start as the first seedwith Grigor Dimitrov (14), Ben Shelton (17) and Ugo Humbert (20) as the best-ranked rivals.

Andy Murray is another prominent name in a tournament where Nadal will be Spain’s sole representative.unless someone else passes the previous stage, according to the list of participants published this Wednesday by the organization of the contest.