Rafael Nadal is about to make his second look on the Brisbane Worldwide after asserting his plans to make his long-awaited return on the Australian ATP 250 event. Nadal, who’s 37 years previous, made his first and lone Brisbane look in 2017.

In his first-ever match on the Brisbane Worldwide, Nadal defeated the now-retired Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3 6-3. After beating Dolgopolov, Nadal additionally defeated Alexander Zverev 6-1 6-1. Within the quarterfinal, Nadal’s Brisbane debut ended after the Spaniard misplaced to Milos Raonic.

Towards Raonic, Nadal made a constructive begin however the Canadian former world No 3 got here again to win 4-6 6-3 6-4. The attention-grabbing factor about Nadal’s 2017 Brisbane debut was the truth that on the time he was additionally getting back from an damage.

In 2016, Nadal did not play any tournaments after exiting the Shanghai Masters in mid-October. On the time, a wrist damage pressured Nadal out of the Paris Masters and ATP Finals.

Nadal to return in Brisbane from a psoas damage

Nadal, who injured his psoas muscle at this yr’s Australian Open, hoped to play once more in March however he ended up lacking the rest of the 2023 season.

In June, Nadal surgically addressed his psoas damage. After not taking part in for a very very long time, Nadal introduced on Friday that his return will begin in Brisbane. “After a yr away from competitors, it is time to come again. It will likely be in Brisbane the primary week of January.

I will see you there,” Nadal mentioned in a video uploaded on his social media. The Brisbane Worldwide is about to happen between December 31-January 07. When the event begins, there isn’t any doubt that a variety of consideration shall be on 22-time Grand Slam champion Nadal.

Nadal hasn’t performed in a very long time and plenty of shall be attention-grabbing in seeing how will Nadal do and the way will his physique react after such an extended absence.