During an event organized by Banco Sabadell in Alicante Rafa Nadal has confirmed, after the injury that forced him to leave the Australian Open, that he will reappear in Acapulco at the end of February, where he defends 300 points, and that he will also play the Masters 1000 of Indian Wells and Miami: “It was a small break, but it was impossible to continue.”
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Although he confirmed that he will be present in the next tournaments in Acapulco, Indian Wells and Miami, the Balearic said that his great challenge is to fully reach the clay court season, considering the gravel tour and Roland Garros as the great objectives and the “most important time of the year.”
“Drastic track changes are ill-advised. My priority now is to be healthy and to be able to choose the calendar that I think is the most convenient, “said the Spaniard, who was confident of the Spanish victory in the tie against Great Britain. The number one in the world said that his greatest illusion is to continue competing and that he will not do anything strange to defend the first place in the international ranking.
Nadal had words of praise for Roger Federer, whom he congratulated on his twentieth Grand Slam title, and highlighted the good harmony between the two by noting that “this is a sport and the rivalry ends on the track.”
The tennis player also announced his intention this season to be part of the Davis Cup team, since he considers that there is a “chance” this year to win it again, although he clarified that his health will come first. Nadal admitted that Spain has lived “25 or 30 very good years at the tennis level and that it is possible that now we have been unemployed for four or five”. In addition, he asked that the new generations not be compared with Federer, Djokovic or him “because in the history of tennis three players who won so much have never coincided.” (Courtesy of Eurosport.com).
Rafa Nadal confirms his participation in Acapulco
