Fantastic news from Rafael Nadal in Australia.
The world no.1 had to withdraw from the last 5 events (Basel, Bercy, the ATP Finals, the Mubadala World Tennis Championship, and Brisbane) because of a problem with his knee. There were many question marks about his fitness ahead of his participation at the upcoming Australian Open, but apparently the King of Clay will be perfectly fit.
Why Nadal is confident.
During a recent interview, Carlos Moya, Rafa’s coach, commented
“The two training sessions have been very positive after arriving late last night.
We want to make a small adaptation to the weather and also to the track. Starting tomorrow, he will start playing training sets to try on, and he will continue to do so in the coming days. Rafa is fine, with confidence and playing at a good level.
And we are optimists. We think it will be fine to play the tournament if nothing gets twisted or changed.”
Nadal has won 16 slams, and he won the Australian Open “only” once in 2009. He was very close to win again last year, but he had to bow to Roger Federer in the final.
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