Rafael Nadal officially returns to individual competition, after a year practically stopped, where he will face the Austrian Dominic Thiem in a spectacular first round of the ATP 250 in Brisbane. The champion of 22 Grand Slams He already had his first minutes of filming in the doubles discipline, where he trained with his friend and coach, Marc Lopez
Right now the Spanish left-hander is without ranking, who nevertheless knows that he will have Wild Cards wherever you need it, in addition to its protected ranking status. He faces a Thiem who has also gone through an ordeal of injuries, especially that of his right wrist that made him change his forehand and has left him far from his best level, the one that led him to win the US Open 2020or reach the finals of the Australian Open and Roland Garrosrespectively.
Nadal at 37 years old He knows that he does not have much time left on the circuit, but he is always competitive and intends to give himself a new opportunity on the ATP circuit. He has been training at great intensity for three months and hopes that the competition will show his best possible level.
The Spaniard, after 11 months out due to injury, had a favorable draw in Brisbane. AnythingHe has managed to avoid the tournament’s top seeds, such as Rune, Shelton o Dimitrov. Precisely, if faced with Thiemwhich arrives after passing the previous phase, so it will have filming in the Ken Rosewall Arena.
Both tennis players have faced each other a total of 15 times on the ATP circuit. Spanish has a favorable balance of 9 to 6 against the 30-year-old Austrian tennis player. Nadal arrives in Brisbane with the sole objective of gradually recovering the competitive tone for the Australian Open, while Thiem is very far from being that tennis player who was measured in two Roland Garros finals (2018 and 2019) against the Manacorí player.
Dominic Thiem He is currently ranked number 98 in the ATP ranking and has been recovering a competitive level for months. The winner of the match will face to the winner of the duel between Aslan Karatsev and Jason Kubler.
When is Nadal – Thiem played?
The match will be played this Tuesday, January 2 at 9:30 a.m. in Spanish peninsular time
Where to watch Nadal – Thiem at ATP 250 in Brisbane?
The crash can be seen by the Movistar Plus + channel (7), from the Movistar Plus platform. It can also be seen through the application ATP Tennis TV. You can follow all the information about Rafa Nadal’s match in Brisbane through the Mundo Deportivo website.
2024-01-01 15:13:09
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