Absent from the courts since early August and his defeat in the second round of the Washington Open, Rafael Nadal was in Paris on Monday. Not to participate in the Rolex Paris Masters, of course, but to honor a few meetings with its sponsors. Operated in September on the left foot in order to get rid of Muller-Weiss syndrome (a degenerative disease that causes a deformation of one of the bones located in the central part of the foot), he took the opportunity to give news of his condition health.
“I resumed training. I feel better. I took the racket again and am on the courts. As you would expect, in such a convalescence there are days with and days without, but the positive is that there are more days with. So far all the signs are good and I am hopeful. “
“I’m not done with my career”
The 35-year-old world number 5 with 20 Grand Slam titles, even gave a return schedule with the Australian Open in focus (January 17 to 30). “My plan is to play Abu Dhabi in December and then (in January) a tournament before Australia and then the Australian Open. It’s my aim. We are working hard to make it happen. “
Retirement is therefore not on the agenda in his mind. Asked about a possible retraining in padel, Nadal replied: “In padel, I’m neither good nor bad, I don’t play. For later, nothing should be ruled out, but I’m not done with my career. “
