He repeats that the year 2024 will “perhaps” be his last year on the circuit. Absent for eight months, and two operations for his hip injury, Rafael Nadal should make his return to the tennis courts in 2024. And the Spaniard prefers to warn the competition that they should not count on him too much this year.
“The idea is not to come back to win Roland Garros or the Australian Open. Let people not be surprised, all this is a long way away, I am aware of the difficulties I encounter,” explained the Manacor bull at the start of the week in an interview on Movistar.
“No one as dominant as Nadal at Roland”
A communication strategy that Goran Ivanisevic, Novak Djokovic’s coach, does not like, interviewed by the Serbian site Sportske : “I am convinced that Nadal will be good, he would not come back if he did not feel ready, and I am convinced that he will be dangerous at Roland Garros. He will actually be the most dangerous, as no one has been as dominant as Nadal at Roland Garros, and it is possible that in the year of the Olympics he will aim for the double in Paris. »
With 24 Grand Slam titles to his credit, Novak Djokovic remains (a little) under threat from the Spaniard, who has won 22 trophies. “Would I have liked to be the tennis player with the most Grand Slams? Without a doubt, but that doesn’t frustrate me,” said Rafael Nadal.