Rafael Nadal to make tour return at Brisbane International،
MADRID — Rafael Nadal will return to play at the Brisbane International in Australia in January, the 22-time Grand Slam champion announced Friday.
“After a year without competition, it’s time to come back,” Nadal said in a video posted on social networks. It will be in Brisbane the first week of January. See you there.”
The 37-year-old Spaniard has not played on tour since last January, when he injured his hip flexor in a second-round defeat at the Australian Open.
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– Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) December 1, 2023
In May, just over a week before the start of the French Open, Nadal announced he would miss the tournament he has won a record 14 times and was unsure when he would be able to return. play.
Nadal said at the time that he hoped to compete in 2024, which he said would be his last season.
“You never know how things are going to go,” Nadal said in a press conference at the time, “but my intention is that next year will be my last year.”
He ended up having arthroscopic surgery in June in Barcelona.
Dating to the end of 2022, the Spanish left-hander has lost seven of his last nine matches, 1/3 of which this season.
Nadal’s 22 Grand Slam singles titles rank second behind Novak Djokovic’s 24 for the most among men.
