Tennis will soon see one of its brightest stars in its universe again, that of Rafael Nadal. One year after his last appearance in Australia, the Spanish champion will rekindle his light right where he had turned it off, that is in the land of kangaroos, in particular in Brisbane, the ATP 250 tournament starting on 31 December.
The former world number 1 will then participate in the Australian Open from 14 to 28 January, having played his last match against McDonald in Melbourne on 18 January and was injured. Since then an ordeal of injuries and relapses, until the surgical operation last June to solve the problem of the abdominal area.
«After a year the time has come to play again. See you in Brisbane", announced the Spanish champion, who aims to win at least one Slam in 2024, starting from his beloved Roland Garros, which would be the 15th.
An additional great opponent therefore for our Jannik Sinner, who closes 2023 in fourth place in the world ranking with a total of 6,490 points, the largest haul ever obtained by an Italian tennis player from 2009 to today, that is, since the ATP uses this system which assigns 2 thousand points to the winners of the Slams and one thousand to the champions of the Master 1000.
(Unioneonline/L)
