The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal announced this Friday that he will return to competition at the Brisbane tournament, in the first week of January 2024, before the Australian Open, after a year out of competition due to injury.
“Hello everyone, after a year out of competition, the time has come to return. It will be in Brisbane and it will be in the first week of January. See you there,” Nadal said in a message posted on social networks to announce his return. to the slopes.
The Brisbane tournament will be played from December 31 to January 7 next year, prior to the Australian Open, which will be held from January 14 to 28, and which was the last event in which the Mallorcan competed.
Nadal, winner of 22 Grand Slams, played his last match on January 18, when he lost in the second round against the American Mackenzie McDonald, and since then he has followed a recovery process from a grade 2 injury to his iliopsoas. left leg, for which he underwent surgery.