‘Soil God’ Rafael Nadal (37, Spain), who was absent for a long time due to a hip muscle injury, will shake off the injury and return to the court after a year through the Brisbane International Tournament in January next year.
Nadal said on his SNS on the 1st (local time), “I haven’t been able to play in competitions for about a year, and now it’s time to go back.” “I will be in Brisbane, Australia, in the first week of January next year. “See you there,” he posted.
The Brisbane International Tournament will be held at the Queensland Tennis Center from the 31st to January 7th of next year, and tennis stars have participated ahead of the Australian Open, the first major tournament of the season. Nadal also participated in this tournament for the first time in 2017.
Due to the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), the competition has not been held since the end of 2019, but this time, it will finally be held.
In particular, this tournament attracted attention due to Nadal’s comeback match.
Nadal was unable to stand on the court due to injury after being eliminated in the second round of the Australian Open, a major tournament held in January of this year, and underwent surgery last June and began a long rehabilitation.
Nadal, who previously won 22 major tennis men’s singles championships, announced that he would retire from active duty after the tour next year.
Nadal’s current world ranking has fallen to 663rd, but there is no problem participating in the tournament because there is a so-called ‘Protected Ranking (PR)’ system that protects players who have been out for a long time due to injury. 토토사이트