In a video, Rafael Nadal declared, “It’s time to return after a year off from competition.” “It’s scheduled for the first week of January in Brisbane. I’ll see you there.
The 22-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal announced on Friday that he will be competing at the Brisbane International in Australia again in January.
“It’s time to return after a year off from competition,” Rafael Nadal declared in a social media video. “It’s scheduled for the first week of January in Brisbane. I’ll see you there.
The 37-year-old Spaniard hasn’t competed on the circuit since suffering a hip flexor injury after a defeat in the Australian Open’s second round in January of last year.
A little over a week before the French Open got off in May, Rafael Nadal declared he would be missing the competition in which he holds a record 14 titles. He gave no specific date for his comeback.
At the time, Rafael Nadal had stated that he hoped to play in 2024, considering it to be his last season.
“It’s hard to predict how things will work out,” Nadal stated at the time at a press conference, “but I intend to make next year my last one.”
In the end, he underwent arthroscopic surgery in Barcelona in June.
The Spanish left-hander, who is 1-3 this season, has lost seven of his previous nine games dating back to the end of 2022.
With 22 Grand Slam singles victories, Rafael Nadal is second only to Novak Djokovic, who has 24.