The Spaniard spoke again about his return to the circuit and assured that he is happy and excited about his return to the courts.
Rafael Nadal who announced last week his return to the official ATP 250 competition in Brisbane (Australia), which will take place in the first week of January, said this Wednesday that in his first tournament in a year “He doesn’t want anything, just to be competitive”.
Nadal, in a video broadcast through his social networks, spoke about the personal feelings he had after announcing his return to the courts after a year without competing due to injuries. “It has been a very long year, in which I went through many stages, from trying to compete in the gravel season and failure after failure until it was time to stop and say enough and find a solution, which is surgery. From there it is a new horizon, a difficult path, but keeping hope to return.”Nadal said.
“There were doubts, moments when it seemed difficult for this moment to come, but the spirit of work, the enthusiasm, was preserved and I believe that I am ready to return. “I don’t know at what level, I don’t know what to expect, I have no idea, but I don’t care either.”he admitted.
“I’m happy to be back and I’m excited to make the effort necessary to have fun and be competitive. I’ve been training for several weeks at a level that allows me the possibility to compete again. I went through many stages and I is back in “a tournament that is familiar, difficult, but I hope to be ready to compete. I don’t aspire to anything, just to be competitive.”he concluded.
Báez and Etcheverry will play in Brisbane as Rafa Nadal returns
Sebastián Báez and Tomás Martín Etcheverry At the end of the month they will play the ATP 250 in Brisbane, Australia, which is the tournament chosen by Spanish super champion Rafael Nadal to return to the circuit after a year of injury inactivity.
Báez, ranked 28th in the ATP world rankings and this year’s champion in three tournaments, the Córdoba Open, Kitzbuhel and Winston Salem, chose to start the season in Brisbane, which will be played from December 31 to January 7, in the fast-paced surface. Etcheverry (30) from La Plata, for his part, has no titles but is in the best year of his career after being a finalist in Santiago, Chile, and Houston, United States, and especially his arrival in the quarterfinals at Roland Garros.
The competition, one of the stops before the first Grand Slam of the year, which will be the Australian Open scheduled from January 14 to 28, 2024, has gained a unique interest since last Friday Rafa Nadal announced that he will play it in his return to tennis.
Source: Tycsports
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