He increases the intensity before his return to tennis
Rafa Nadal continues his preparation for the Doha tournament, in which he aims to reappear on the ATP circuit
After an almost complete year of absence due to injury, in which he considered retirement and ended up postponing it, at least, until the end of 2024, seeing Rafa Nadal again injured and giving up a major tournament, in this case the Open the Australia, fell like a bucket of cold water on his fans. However, Nadal, after his umpteenth illness, took the slight ailment he suffered sufficiently and has recovered, increasing his intensity in recent days before a new reappearance in the circuito ATPin this case in the Doha tournament.
The capital of Qatar It has been the place you have chosen Rafael Nadalalong with his team, for his second return in 2024. The first was in Brisbanein a tournament that resembles that of Doha for its category, ATP 250in which Nadal believes he can find the necessary rhythm to show a higher level in subsequent events, as is the case of the Masters 1000 de Indian Wellsin which it appears inscribed for the final painting.
Nadal has not yet officially confirmed, communicated through, that he will play the tournament ATP 250 de Dohabut to his registration, many days ago, there has been no reply, and we have seen him share in the last few hours images of him training in the Rafa Nadal Academywhere he speeds up the times to arrive as well prepared as possible and, above all, without physical discomfort, to what will be his second tournament of the season.
He ATP 250 de Doha is celebrated from February 19 to 24hence Nadal He will travel next week, if there are no last-minute setbacks, to Qatar to acclimatize to the tournament and meet, possibly already from there, who will be his first rival in the final draw. Rafa will enter the competition in its final phase, due to the protected ranking, which it will use for the first time in the year – in Brisbane used a Wild Card of the organization – and that allows you to play up to nine tournaments in nine months without having the ranking ATP necessary to do so.
Nadal knows that he can meet any great tennis player from the first round, although the main seeds, in case of Daniil Medvedev o Andrey Rublev, will be exempt from the first round. However, not being seeded hurts Rafa, who knows that he will have to row from the first match and that is why he prepares thoroughly so that his level is the highest possible to be able to compete, both physically and tennis-wise.
Nadal, to the United States after Doha
After the tournament ATP 250 de Doha, Rafael Nadal will undertake a trip to the United States – with a possible previous stop in Spain – where he will compete in two competitions, one of them an exhibition, such as the duel against Carlos Alcaraz in El Slam de Netflixin Las Vegas, and an official and high-class one, the Masters 1000 de Indian Wells. Although it will be his first big draw in 2024, Indian Wells is a special place for the Spaniard, who has won there three times (2007, 2009 and 2013) and will want to do the best possible job before leaving the hard court and giving way to its stellar moment of the year: the season of clay.
The dates of the ATP 250 tournament in Doha
He Doha tournament It will be the first one in which we see Rafael Nadal after the tear in his left leg which, although slight, prevented him from participating in the 2024 Australian Open. The start of the final draw of the competition, of the ATP 250 category, will take place on Monday February 19and Nadal is expected to debut either this day or the Tuesday February 20, in a duel corresponding to the first round. The team has a maximum of five games, so the semifinals will be played on Friday, February 23 and the Doha ATP 250 final is dated for Saturday February 24th.
2024-02-08 16:46:26
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