2023-12-31 12:06:20
347 days after his last appearance on a tennis court, Rafael Nadal He competed again. He was in the doubles draw of the ATP 250 in Brisbane, where he will debut next Tuesday against Dominic Thiem in singles, with his great friend Marc Lopez
The Spanish couple succumbed to the locals Max Purcell y Jordan Thompson, a consolidated couple on the circuit (6-4 / 6-4). Despite the defeat, Nadal’s feelings were very good and the best news was seeing the Spaniard smile again almost a year after that fateful January 18 in which an injury to the psoas in his left leg left him out of combat.
The Aussies prevail ????????
In Nadal’s first match since January 2023, Purcell & Thompson defeat Rafa & Marc Lopez 6-4 6-4!#BrisbaneTennis pic.twitter.com/lZmUF0pBE6
— Tennis TV (@TennisTV) December 31, 2023
The doubles match was just the last big tune-up before debuting in the singles next Tuesday. It will be before Dominic Thiemin a great test of fire in the first round of a tournament Brisbane which despite being the first of the season, will undoubtedly be one of the most talked about of the year.
After a month of high preparation, with trip to kuwait included and several practices against established tennis players such as Gasquet, Murray o Filsamong many others, who have all agreed that the level of the Manacor tennis player is “very high”, Nadal is more than prepared to approach his return to the circuit.
“I feel ready to compete. Then, what may happen in the competition, I cannot know. “I don’t know,” Nadal himself explained before his doubles match this Sunday.
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