Rafa Nadal is back. The Manacorí tennis player announced this Monday that he is fully recovered to be able to play the Barcelona Open. The Spaniard returns to the courts almost three months after his last official match, a special tournament that will inaugurate the dirt season for the Spanish.
The Balearic tennis player had called a press conference this Monday in the hours before his debut at the Barcelona Open. The Manacorí faced the Italian Flavio Cobolli in the first round, although his presence was not assured until the tennis player himself announces his decision.
The tennis player has confirmed in Press conference who will play in the tournament: “Happy to be here, I have many beautiful memories of this tournament. I was able to come here as a last minute decision. The week has been positive with training and tomorrow I will be on the track“, Has expressed.
The week has been positive in training and tomorrow I will be on the track
“At this point in my career I am in a different situation and Rather than regretting where I couldn’t be, I prefer to be happy to be here. I take it as my last year and I want to enjoy every moment. That’s why it has a more special feeling. I handle the situation of my injuries as best I can. We know what is there, we don’t have to hide anything. There is no need to talk more about them, I don’t feel like it. Yes I have fear? What can happen, that I can’t play? This is what has happened to me this year and a half. We’ll keep going until I don’t think it’s worth it. I don’t set a deadline but life goes your way marking your path and within my ethics I try to make it as logical as possible“.
The Manacorí has referred to Alcaraz’s absence for the tournament: “It is negative, especially for him, because he is injured. I wish you a good and quick recovery. It is very bad news for this tournament to lose the number one in the table, but I’m not ready to think about the semi-finals yet.”
Rafael Nadal will return to a Barcelona Open that he has conquered in twelve occasions, making him the most successful tennis player in the history of the tournament. The manacorí returns to the slopes where he has been absent since last January 5a time that the Balearic has used to recover to the maximum to be able to compete in the dirt season.
2024-04-15 12:52:01
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