Rafael Nadal is aiming for a return from is injury in the Abu Dhabi exhibition next month.
World No 5 Tennis player Rafael Nadal is aiming for a return from is injury in the Abu Dhabi exhibition next month.
Nadal struggled with back issues at the start of this year which made him pull out of Wimbledon and the Tokyo Olympics.
He stated ahead of the US Open that the injury to his left foot would rule him out for the rest of the year.
He then announced on Monday he might return at the December 16-18 Mubadala World Tennis Championship exhibition event.
“My plan is to play Abu Dhabi in December and a tournament before playing the Australian Open. It is my goal and we are working hard to make it that way,” Nadal said at a sponsor event in Paris.
“I don’t know exactly when I’ll be back, but I can say that my goal is to try to come back to Abu Dhabi in December, and then, of course, for the start of the new season in January.
“The injury in my foot still needs to get a little better, but I’m already training almost an hour and a half a day so that’s positive.”
Nadal will be bidding for a men’s record 21st major title at the Australian Open, which is scheduled to start on January 17.
