Rafael Nadal has trained at the Pat Rafter Arena in Brisbane with Andy Murray. Another test for his official return to tennis, after almost a blank year, is a long and complicated iliac psoas injury in his left leg that appeared at the 2023 Australian Open and would have condemned him to sudden retirement. . A visit to the operating room and his inexhaustible ability to improve gave him the opportunity to compete again.
After dinner on the eve of his official reappearance, the message from Rafael Nadal for those who read the World of sportsa newspaper in which he posed in front of a Christmas tree before heading to the antipodes. “Happy 2024. May it be a year of calm and may we not lose hope,” Manacorí wishes, at 37 years old facing a huge and exciting challenge.
Eleven months without entering a tournament, but included Rafael Nadal Nothing is impossible. He overcame a thousand and one obstacles in the form of all kinds of physical ailments, most of which stemmed from a degenerative scaphoid injury in his left foot that had normally kept him out of elite tennis in the past. 2005.
“It might be my last season. Yes, this may be my last year, but I’m not closing any doors,” he warned. Rafael Nadal. It is a special 2024 for the world of tennis and sports because a legend may star in a new work and/or it may be the last chance to enjoy it.
“Being here is already an achievement,” he stressed. Rafael Nadal. “I don’t deserve to say goodbye like this,” he said at a press conference in May. When I went blind, when the hip wasn’t healing as it should. So coming back is an achievement in itself. His colleagues believed in his possibilities. “He’s not one of those who come back just to play. I always expect him to give his best. “I’m sure he’s training to win titles, to win a Grand Slam,” the Serbian said. Novak Djokovicnumber 1 in the world.
From his current position of 672 in the world ranking, cautiously, Nadal assured that “it’s impossible to think about winning tournaments now. It’s been a year off track, even though I feel better than I did just a month ago.”
Say goodbye to 2023 by building doubles with your friend and technical team member Marc Lopezwhere he won Olympic gold in Rio 2016. Around seven in the morning Spanish peninsular time (nine more in Brisbane) on Sunday 31st, they will face the locals. Max Purcell and Jordan Thompsona very important couple.
Another adaptation test for Rafael Nadal who will debut in singles on January 2 against an opponent who will come out of the qualifying phase, according to the draw of the draw. The Spaniard could have been paired with anyone, given his low ATP ranking, but he avoided the seeds. If he can get through that first round, he will meet the best in the rivalry between the Russians Aslan Karatsevseeded eighth, and the Australian Jason Kubler.
Bulgarian goes in the lower part Grigor Dimitrov. Above, the Danish Holger Rune and the American Ben Shelton.
2024 arrives, the year of Rafael Nadal. The number of Grand Slam titles began in 2005. There are 22 in his record. From that kid with wild hair, capri pants and a sleeveless shirt to a seasoned champion whose wife watches him work from the stands, Mary Perelloand his son Raphaelwho at one year old was already dragging one of his father’s rackets.
nadal He wishes for calm and hope for all in 2024. He will do his part. In terms of sport, it will try not to do more, with Roland Garros at the center of operations, for its Grand Slam and as the venue for the Olympic Games. Always with his family and his team nearby. He loves being covered up.
Source: La Verdad
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