The 22-time Grand Slam winner made a successful return to court after a gap of almost a year but pulled off a muscle tear during his Brisbane International game against Jordan Thompson in the quater-final clash on January 5.
Returning to court for a singles match after 349 days, Spanish champion Rafael Nadal made a winning start at Brisbane International beating Austria's Dominic Thiem in straight sets. Nadal suffered an injury last January before he got his left hip operated on in June and was out of action since then.
Rafael Nadal is set to face the 2022 US Open champion Dominic Thiem in the Round of 32 match at Brisbane International 2024 on Tuesday. Nadal is returning to action for the first time since his injury loss in the second round of the Australian Open in January 2023.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner lost his doubles match at Brisbane International 2024 to Australians Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson at the Pat Rafter Arena on Sunday and faces former rival Dominic Thiem in the Round of 32 singles match on Tuesday.
World No.1 men's player, Novak Djokovic, will defend his title this year in Melbourne whereas Aryna Sabalenka will be tasked with the same in the women's division.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal missed out an entire year after suffering a knee injury during the Australian Open 2023 but is set to make a comeback through Brisbane International in January. Nadal gets entry at the next year's Australian Open through protected ratings.
"You never know how things will turn out but my intention is that next year will be my last year," Rafael Nadal said in his return post. Nadal last played a competitive tennis tournament during the Australian Open 2023 and missed the remainder season due to a hip flexor injury.
"This is wrong. When it's a question of serving the country why would you not do it? I have put the matter in the hands of the Executive Committee," All India Tennis Association (AITA) Secretary General Dhupar said on Friday.
Rohan Bopanna, 43 of age, partnered with Matthew Ebden of South Africa to beat Rinky Hijijata and Jasin Kubler in their second match of the doubles at ATP Finals 2023 in Turin on Wednesday and became the oldest tennis player to win the match in tournament history.
The current world no.1 Novak Djokovic is grouped with Jannik Sinner, Stefanos Tsitsipas and Holger Rune while the no.2 Carlos Alcaraz is leading the Red group with Daniil Medvedev, Andrey Rublev and Alexander Zverev for the last tournament of the season 2023.
It was a fruitful day for the Indian contingent at the Asian Games 2023 with five medals in the bag, including a couple of Gold ones. The men's squash team scripted history while the track and field athletes Kartik Kumar and Gulveer Singh recorded their personal best as India aim for more on Sunday.
"You look at the two top ones, Iga Swiatek and Alcaraz. I think Alcaraz is probably the most exciting new player in the last decade. Alcaraz has redefined the game of tennis with his speed," Leadnder said.
Top seeds and favourites to win the gold Rohan Bopanna and Yuki Bhambri suffered a shock exit from Asian Games 2023 after losing the second round in men's doubles.
Rohan Bopanna played his first Davis Cup game in 2002 and brought curtains to a 21-year-long career with a win in his final match. Bopanna partnered with Yuki Bhambri to defeat Morocco's Elliot Benchetrit and Younes Laaroussi.
"There used to be fantastic team atmosphere, which has been kind of lost in the last couple of years and we need to bring that back," Bopanna said.
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Novak Djokovic claimed the record-breaking 24th Grand Slam title after winning the US Open in 2023 and is back top in the ATP ranking.
"Kobe was always there for any kind of council, advice, any kind of support in the most friendly way,” Djokovic said after winning the US Open 2023.
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