The Spaniard still does not fully recover from the discomfort in his back that already made him low against Australia
Rafa Nadal, who did not play against Australia on Tuesday in the first day of the ATP Cup, will not be against Greece on Friday, according to the program published this Thursday by the ATP. «I’m not well enough to play. I improve little by little, but I am not prepared to play a match with maximum intensity, “Nadal said in Vamos on Wednesday.
The Australian Open starts on Monday and Nadal has not played in official competition since his lost semi-final at the London Masters on November 21. He only played and won an exhibition duel against Dominic Thiem, last Friday in Adelaide.
Nadal, world number 2, hoped that the obligatory rest day on Thursday (matches suspended in Melbourne due to a case of coronavirus) would allow him to buy time to be able to play on Friday. But finally the organization announced that Roberto Bautista (13th) will face Stefanos Tsitsipas (6th) and Pablo Carreño (16th) will face Michail Pervolarakis (462th). Spain must win at least one of its matches against Greece – two singles and one doubles – to advance to the semi-finals.
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