Rafael Nadal: End of a Tennis Era?

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Tennis: Nadal still injured, he will announce the end of his career!

Published on February 16, 2024 at 11:50 a.m.

Holder of a Master’s degree in sports journalism, I fell in love with tennis since childhood and have always loved reading the great stories of this sport. Today, I want to tell them about them, take full advantage of my passion and be as close as possible to the aces of the circuit.

By making his return to competition after a year of absence at the beginning of January in Brisbane, Rafael Nadal had to go through the infirmary again and from now on, he will have to prepare as best as possible to return to Indian Wells, the first Masters 1000 of the year. The Mallorcan has just suffered another hard blow, he who thought he was ready for Doha. We will therefore have to wait a little longer but the news is not very reassuring. According to the latest information, he will take stock of the rest of his career before Roland-Garros.

Victim of a muscle tear during his return to Brisbane for his third match, Rafael Nadal announced that his absence was not going to be very long. Registered at Doha next week, he has to postpone his return again and he confided that it was difficult to feel good in training. Last year, he confided that 2024 would be his last year on the circuit and clearly, we are getting a little closer…

Decision before Roland-Garros

In an interview for the show El Objetivo, Rafael Nadal therefore returned in a little more detail to his current situation. He is currently not able to fight on a tennis court but he assured that he would be ready for Indian Wells early March. “Maybe I’ll be healthy in three months and enjoy it and want to continue beyond 2024, but given my track record, it’s difficult to envisage that scenario. What I feel is that I don’t have much left to play,” he explains. We learn that a decision regarding his future is expected before Roland-Garros.

Final bouquet at the Games?

If 2024 is indeed the last year of Rafael Nadal, where will the Spaniard decide to end his immense career? “I’m not sure I’m 100%, but Roland-Garros is one of my goals and I would also like to participate in Paris 2024,” he says. If he is able to go further than Roland-Garros, a final Olympic presence would be an obviously unique moment. A priori, there is no question of doing a farewell tour by playing each tournament just to play the first round.

Still ambitions on earth

See you almost 38 years old, Rafael Nadal seems very close to the end and for good reason, it seems impossible at the moment to see him lift a new trophy. However, he aims to prepare well for the season on clay, a surface for which he has the secret. Before that, his next outings will be closely watched, he who had displayed a high level of play at Brisbane…

2024-02-16 10:50:00
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