Rafael Nadal He missed the Australian Open due to an iliac psoas injury in his left leg, although of a muscular nature and not in the tendon area operated on in 2023. This was the relief he found after feeling pain in the match he lost. in australian Jordan Thompson in the ATP quarterfinals in Brisbane, where he showed a good level in his return to high competition after almost a year.
His goal is to reach the clay court tour in full shape. A period of three months is given. He has yet to announce what his plans are after missing Melbourne, but he has a scenario lined up if the recovery goes well.
He is currently registered on the official list of the ATP 250 hard court tournament in Doha, which will take place from February 19 to 24. The following week the Dubai ATP 500. It’s a program similar to the one he had planned before he was injured at the 2023 Australian Open.
On the horizon, an exhibition with Carlos Alcaraz in Las Vegas, on March 3. Another act that disappointed in 2023, as a prelude to his participation in the Masters 1000 ATP in Indian Wells.
Rafa Nadal, 37 years old, is on the list with ranking no. 446, but has direct access to Doha as no. 9, the protected position when the serious injury occurred.
TennisTV, the ‘official’ ATP television channel, assumed on social networks that “Nadal will return to Doha”
Source: La Verdad
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