Rafael Nadal has already announced his return to professional tennis, after a truly nightmare year in which he has not been able to compete, except for the first days of January, due to a serious injury to the iliopsoas tendon in his left leg. The Balearic tennis player, who has not played an official match since January 18, 2023, shared a video in which he assures his presence in the tournament ATP 250 de Brisbane and we will tell you all the dates, when it is played and the particularities of this tournament held in Australia.
The season 2024 begins the day December 31 and this is the day the tournament will start ATP 250 de Brisbane. Rafael Nadal has chosen the Australian city, where he already played in 2017 and 2019, also after difficult seasons with injuries, with the aim of getting ready for his first big event of the season, the Open the Australia 2024.
Over there, Nadal will return to the stage where he was injured in the second round in a fateful match against Mackenzie McDonaldin which he would be forced to say goodbye to the tournament and also, even without knowing it, to the rest of the season, even putting his retirement as a professional tennis player in doubt.
“I didn’t deserve to end up like this,” he said. Nadal in statements as part of his appearance on May 18, the day on which he announced his absence in Roland Garros 2023in addition to a provisional withdrawal and a probable final goodbye in the 2024 season that begins in a few weeks. Everything will depend on the physical and mental state of the 22-time champion of Grand Slamabout which the only certainty is that it will begin its course in Brisbane.
This is the Brisbane tournament in which Rafa Nadal returns
The tournament of Brisbane return to the circuit ATP after four years of absence, with 2019 being the last edition to be held. The Queensland Tennis Center will be the venue to host this category competition. ATP 250 and that will see the debut of Rafael Nadal after the longest absence of his entire sporting career. Among the historical milestones that the ATP 250 has experienced Brisbaneonce one of the early season classics, is the 1,000th victory of another tennis legend like Roger Federer.
Brisbane tournament dates and times
Rafael Nadal debuts in the tournament Brisbane and although the exact date and time is still unknown, we do know that the Balearic tennis player will do so in the first round, as he does not start as the tournament’s seed. The competition will start on December 31 so it will be this day or the January 1, 2024 when we see in contention for the first time in 12 months Nadalin an official competition.
The final of brisbane tournament It is celebrated on January 7. Today, it is difficult for Rafael Nadal can reach this stage in its first tournament in a year, but just in case, there is the date, also to aim in red.
Rafa Nadal’s rivals in the Brisbane tournament
Despite being an ATP 250 category tournament, Rafael Nadal will have top-level rivals who, like him, come to Brisbane to prepare the Open the Australia 2024. Among the tennis players who have confirmed their presence in the tournament held in Australia are Ben SheltonHolger Rune, Andy Murray or Grigor Dimitrov. For its part, the competition WTAwhich also stops in the third main city of Australiawill feature players of the caliber of Aryna Sabalenka, Victoria Azarenka, Naomi Osaka and Elena Rybakina.
2023-12-02 16:28:26
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