The last official match that the Spanish played was the defeat in the Washington tournament against the South African Lloyd Harris last August.
The balearic Rafael Nadal (6) completed a new training with the Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov (28) waiting to meet his first rival in the 250 category tournament that will start this Monday in Melbourne Park and that will serve as preparation for the Australian Open.
Nadal, who landed in the oceanic country this Friday after recovering from his positive for COVID-19, finished his third session on the Rod Laver track at the highest intensity after playing a practice set against which will be one of his main threats in the ATP 250 that will be held in the same facilities as the first major it’s from the season.
The last competition match played by the champion of 20 grand was the defeat in the Washington tournament against the sudafricano Lloyd Harris last August.
After the stumble, the Mallorcan decided to undergo surgery to find a new solution to his problems in the scaphoid of the left foot that has dragged on since 2005.
His first acid test was the match he played in December at the Abu Dhabi exhibition tournament against the Brit Andy Murray, as well as the shock before the Canadian Dennis Shapovalov.
Nadal accumulated two defeats but, as he himself assured, the feelings were not bad after so much time of inactivity.
After his arrival in Spain the tennis player himself confirmed your positive for COVID-19, as well as several members of his team, for which he had to isolate himself for a period of ten days before flying to the capital of the state of Victoria (Australia).
Its positive is past water After completing three training sessions at the highest intensity and this afternoon he will find out who will be his first obstacle on his way to achieving the title in one of the preparatory championships for the first big event of the season. (D)
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