2023-12-07 00:47:25
The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadalwho announced last week his return to official competition at the ATP 250 in Brisbane (Australia), which takes place the first week of January, said this Wednesday that in his first tournament in a year “he does not aspire to anything, only to To be competitive”.
Nadal, in a video broadcast through his social networks, spoke about the personal feelings he has after announcing his return to the courts after a year without competing due to injuries.
“A year has ended that has been long, in which I have gone through many phases, from trying to compete in the gravel season and disappointment after disappointment until it was time to stop and say enough and look for a solution, which was the operation . From there it was a new horizon, a difficult path, but maintaining the hope of returning”Nadal said.
“There have been doubts, moments when it seemed difficult for this moment to arrive, but the spirit of work, the enthusiasm, has been maintained 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 confessed.
“I’m happy to be back and I’m looking forward to making whatever effort is necessary to have fun and be competitive. I have been training for good weeks at a level that allows me the possibility of competing again. I have gone through many phases and I return in a tournament that is familiar, difficult, but I hope to be prepared to compete. “I don’t aspire to anything else, just to be competitive,” he concluded.
The organization of the Brisbane tournament announced this Wednesday the list of participants. The Danish Holger Rune (number 8 ATP ranking) is the first seed, followed by the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (14), the American Ben Shelton (17) and the Frenchman Ugo Humbert (20).
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