Rafael Nadal is preparing for the upcoming Mutua Madrid Open after withdrawing early from the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. Next Wednesday marks the start of the second of three clay-court Masters 1000 competitions.

After Brisbane in January, Nadal hadn’t played in an official ATP event until his debut in Barcelona. The 37-year-old Spaniard lost to Alex de Minaur in the second round after winning his comeback match against Flavio Cobolli.

Recently, Nadal was spotted training hard for the upcoming event in Madrid and it looked like he was in red-hot form.

Rafael Nadal in 2024

Now the world no.512, the Spaniard played his last match on the 17^th of April when he was defeated by world no.11 Alex De Minaur 7-5 6-1

in the 2^nd round in Barcelona (draw).

During this season Nadal has a compiled 3-2 match record.

Rafael Nadal will square off with Darwin Blanch in the 1^st

round. In the past, they have never played each other as of now in top tournaments.

Rafael won 92 titles in his career: 24 on hard courts, 63 on clay courts, 1 on indoor courts and 4 on grass courts. (See the list of his titles)

He is also scheduled to play in Rome (Internazionali BNL d’Italia) on the 8th of May and French Open (French Open) on the 26th of May.