{"id":296781,"date":"2023-12-01T13:24:07","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=296781"},"modified":"2023-12-01T13:24:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T13:24:07","slug":"rafael-nadal-confirms-comeback-and-first-tournament-ahead-of-australian-open-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/tennis\/rafael-nadal-confirms-comeback-and-first-tournament-ahead-of-australian-open-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Rafael Nadal confirms comeback and first tournament ahead of Australian Open 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"
APTOPIX Australian Open Tennis<\/p>\n
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Rafael Nadal has confirmed his latest comeback from injury ahead of the Australian Open 2024.<\/p>\n
The 22-time grand slam champion will return to the court at the Brisbane International in the first week of January.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard has confirmed his schedule after weeks of speculation, with Australian Open chief Craig Tiley confident he would see the 37-year-old back at Melbourne Park in January.<\/p>\n
Nadal has not played a competitive match since bowing out in the second round of this year\u2019s edition of the grand slam, with his hip flexor problem costing him most of the 2023 season.<\/p>\n
Nadal said: \u201cHello everyone, after a year away from competition, it's time to come back. It will be in Brisbane the first week of January. I'll see you there.\u201d<\/p>\n
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The ATP 250 event, held at the Queensland Tennis Centre, will begin on 31 December and conclude on 7 January, with the first slam of the calendar year at Melbourne Park beginning on 14 December.<\/p>\n
In the 2022 final against Daniil Medvedev, Nadal became the first man in the Open era to come back from two sets down to win the title.<\/p>\n
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Rafael Nadal has not played since the Australian Open in January <\/p>\n
Nadal has expressed a desire to play one more French Open and represent Spain at the Paris Olympics next year before retiring at the end of his 23rd season on the tour.<\/p>\n
Reuters contributed to this report<\/p>\n
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