- Rafal Nadal remains optimistic that the 2023 season will be exciting
- Nadal is eager to begin his campaign at the United Cup in Sydney
- He will then defend his Australian Open title
Rafal Nadal remains optimistic that the 2023 season will be exciting and different as he looks at chasing his 23rd Grand Slam.
Nadal is eager to begin his campaign at the United Cup in Sydney, where he will compete against Great Britain and the Australian hosts. He is eager to begin the upcoming season without the previous discomfort he encountered in the 2022-mid season caused by Mueller-Weiss syndrome.
The illness is characterized by extreme arch pain on the mid and hindfoot. Although it is rare, it’s more prevalent in women and is more frequently detected in adults between ages of 40 and 60. Mueller-Weiss typically affects both feet and is progressive, meaning it worsens over time.
However, it’s operable by an orthopaedic surgeon.
Rafael Nadal U.S Open loss Photo/ Danielle Parhizkaran-USA TODAY Sports
Despite his limited court play due to stomach ailments, Nadal feels he is in a good place and is ready to take on another calendar year.
“Always the beginning of the season is exciting,” he recently told a pre-tournament conference in Spain.
Nadal lost in the fourth round of the U.S. Open to American player Frances Tiafoe. He suffered a severe abdominal injury that hampered his preparation for the year’s last Grand Slam tournament.
Speaking to the press after the loss, he said that he wouldn’t make an excuse for his loss. Instead, he would focus on getting better.
He also suffered an abdomen tear that forced him out of the 2022 Wimbledon semi-finals. He couldn’t play Nick Kyrgios, who got a ticket to advance to the finals, where he lost to Novak Djokovic.
Now focusing on the 2023 ATP Tour calendar, he is alive to the uncertainties of how things will turn out as a new season starts. For him, beginnings are always unique. He
He plans to give the new season his all as much as he has no idea how many seasons he has left on the Tour.
“For everybody [it] is a new thing, all the doubts, how things [are] going to go. Even if I don’t know how many seasons I have on the Tour, beginnings are always different.
Rafael Nadal. Photo/Eurosport
“[I have the] highest motivation to try to start well. It’s always important to start well for me, for the confidence. [The] past few months haven’t been easy for me. I just try to have the right practice here before the tournament starts. Then, of course, try to help the team. [The] main thing for me now is [to] recover the positive feelings on court, being competitive. I hope to. I am ready to make that happen, but let’s see,” Tennis 365 quotes him.
In his first match of the United Cup, Nadal will take against British No. 1 Cameron Norrie. His next opponent will be Australian Alex de Minaur.
Before defending his Australian Open title, he is eager to find his level at the United Cup. The only thing Nadal is concentrating on is trying to elevate his level of competition.
The emphasis right now is on the first game, which will be against Norrie. He will then proceed to defend his Australian Open title.
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