Rafael Nadal37 years old, cleared this Wednesday in Barcelona the great unknown that loomed over his professional career and, indeed, the champion of 22 titles in the Grand Slam has confirmed that he will return to the circuit next season.
“What has changed from a few weeks or a few days ago to now is that now I know that I am going to play tennis again. Before I didn’t know it, but now I honestly know that I will because the evolution is positive, great steps have been taken lately,” Nadal said during the presentation of the Teknon Tennis Clinic directed by Angel Ruiz Cotorroalso the tennis player’s personal doctor.
“I’m not going to win more Grand Slams than Djokovic, but I’m going to give myself the opportunity to enjoy tennis. I’m not in that position now, I haven’t played for a year and my reality is different.”
Rafa NadalChampion of 22 Grand Slams
Without playing since last January, the Spaniard announced in May that he was stopping in search of a solution for the injury to the iliopsoas in his left leg with the aim of fully recovering to give himself another opportunity to compete.
After the operation and the subsequent recovery in recent months, Nadal is in a position to ensure that his body and mind are prepared to play again, although he still does not know when or where he will do so again. “When he knows, I will be the one to say when I will play, but as of today I don’t know,” Rafa said.
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“I don’t know at what level I’ll be able to play, but I know I’m going to play again. I’ve never lost hope,” added Nadal, who laughed when he was told about the race for the Grand Slam and the 24 current Serbian titles Novak Djokovic.
“I’m not going to win more Grand Slams than Djokovic, but I’m going to give myself the opportunity to enjoy tennis. I’m not in that position now, I haven’t played for a year and my reality is different,” explained Nadal.
2023-11-15 17:15:52
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