Rafa Nadal is getting closer to returning to the courts. After his last game almost a year ago, and after his operation on June 2 in an arthroscopic procedure due to the discomfort he was experiencing, the Spaniard will be back in Brisbane to get ready for Australia. Now, Carlos Moyá, his coach, has sent a message to warn… and to let it be known that the 22-time Grand Slam champion is back.
“He is practically ready to go to Australia and try. He knows that he is not at his best level, but little by little he will acquire it,” Moyá says in words on the official ATP website.
Because he has confirmed the words of Ivan Ljuvicic, Roger Federer’s former coach, about how Rafa is: “We have trained with Fils these days and the truth is, very well.”
“Much better than he could have expected. Rafa arrived thinking that he was not going to be competitive, that he would not be up to the task… but he came away convinced that it could be so,” Nadal confirms.
“The doubts I have…”
But he clarifies: “Playing the best of five sets, winning, resting, playing again two days later… these are the doubts I have right now. But we have time.”
“There’s one month left, we have Brisbane. It’s going to put him in condition. If the Australian Open started tomorrow then it would be a real fear,” says Moyá.
The great objective, Roland Garros: “Nothing changes. It has always been his favorite tournament. There are six months left, and we know how it will happen. We will see the next games, the level, the competitiveness…”
“There are many unknowns to clear up, and if everything goes well, why not continue beyond 2024? If you have a good time and that’s what you like… but there are many unknowns now to say where we are going to be in a future.” year,” he says.
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2023-12-17 12:18:32
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