Ehe doctor of the national tennis team and of Rafa Nadal, Angel Ruiz-Cotorrosee the Balearic tennis player, who starts the year as number 2 in the world, “in the progression phase” to compete at the Australian Open starting on January 16.
“It’s fine, in the progression phase, because it’s what you need when the year has ended without rhythm“, stressed the doctor, to questions from journalists, during the presentation of a course on sports medicine to be held in mid-March at the Palacio de la Magdalena in Santander, where he made these statements.
In Ruiz-Cotorro’s opinion, Nadal is doing “good games and he is well“, despite the fact that yesterday, Monday, he lost in the first game of the season against Australian Alex de Minaur, world number 24, in the United Cup.
“We hope that, like all the Spaniards, Carlos (Alcaraz), Pablo (Carreño), Roberto (Bautista), are prepared to compete in Australia and we hope that everything goes well.“, has apostilled the doctor of the Spanish team.
