Austria’s number one tennis player doesn’t start at the exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi. Rafael Nadal, on the other hand, takes up the bat again after a long time. A foretaste of the 2022 season.
The audience returned to the tennis tour this year, but for the old crowd favorites it was a year to forget. Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal missed most of the season due to injuries, the Swiss man was humiliated at Wimbledon, the Spaniard was dethroned in Roland Garros by his great rival Novak Djoković.
Drama was also in the foreground with Djoković. In the very last match, his calendar Grand Slam was still prevented, and the Olympic victory will probably remain a dream after the Tokyo exit. Andy Murray, to complete the Big Four, is doing well with an artificial hip, but is far from his heyday. What else is in the old guard?
And what can we expect from the returnees around Dominic Thiem? As it became known Tuesday evening, the Austrian is postponing his comeback. He will not be on the tennis court in Abu Dhabi and will continue to prepare for the coming season away from the public for the time being. “I have planned to intervene in the competition again in Abu Dhabi, but I have the feeling that I am not ready yet to be able to keep up at the highest level,” explained the 28-year-old from Lower Austria. An outlook for the start of the tennis season 2022.
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