(Los Angeles) Rafael Nadal, who has not played since his withdrawal before the Wimbledon semi-final, announced on his Instagram account on Wednesday that he would return to competition next week at the Masters 1000 in Cincinnati.
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“Very happy to play ‘Cincy’ again. I’m flying there tomorrow,” wrote the Spaniard, 3e global.
At Wimbledon on July 8, then in search of a third Grand Slam title in a row, after the Australian Open and Roland-Garros, he could not defend his chances in the semi-finals against Nick Kyrgios, prevented by a abdominal tear.
It is the persistence of this injury, which has certainly become a simple “embarrassment” in his own words, which forced him to postpone his return to the courts for a week, he who was to participate in the Masters 1000 of Montreal currently in progress.
“Everything has been going well for the past few weeks. Four days ago I started to train to serve and yesterday, after the training session, I felt a little discomfort which was still present today, “Nadal explained last week on his social networks.
The record holder for the number of major titles (22) has been dealing with recurrent pain for more than a year due to necrosis of the scaphoid bone in his left foot, which has not prevented him from returning to the most high level in 2022.
In Cincinnati, he will try to prepare as well as possible for the United States Open (August 29-September 11), where he will aim for a “small Slam”.