DAfter 40 days since he injured the iliopsoas in his left leg in the second round of the Australian Open with Mackenzie McDonald, Rafael Nadal has picked up a racket today.
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This has happened this Monday on the covered slopes of his Academy in Manacor. A fan has captured the image of the tennis player working out on claygiving clues that he plans his return on that surface from April 9 at the Monte Carlo Masters 1000.
It should be remembered that the champion of 22 great was erased from Doha, Dubai and the exhibition in Las Vegas on March 5 with Carlos Alcaraz. Three days later, Indian Wells begins, the first Masters 1000 on the calendar and that definitely moves away from his plans. Miami does not appear in the manacorí calendar since 2017.
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Everything goes through Paris
The European brick dust tour is the big goal. On the horizon a Roland Garros (May 28 to June 11) where he will fight with Novak Djokovic to tie the 22 ‘Grand Slam’ titles.
The earth is a less aggressive surface than the hard surface when returning from a muscular injury that He already had at the 2018 Australian Open and from which he fell a month later in Acapulco.
Nadal risks losing his top 10 status on the next North American tour by not being able to defend the 600 points in the Indian Wells final.
The top10 is in danger
The tennis player is today the eighth in the ranking with an income of 90 points compared to Happy Auger-Alsowhich can happen to him this week in Dubai. Holger Rune is at 154 points, with options to surpass him in Acapulco and Hubert Hurkacz He also has his options in Dubai as he is 250 points away.
