Rafa Nadal He is already preparing his big comeback. The tennis player has returned to training, with his mind turned to the Six Kings Slam, the exhibition tournament in which he will return to the courts two months later. The manacori will play in Saudi Arabia, in one of the commitments with which he will prepare his long-awaited return to the Davis Cup, since he was summoned by David Ferrer for the final phase of the tournament, which will be played in Malaga and where Spain will look for its seventh Saladera.
Nadal will again participate in the tournament which will be held in Riyadh from October 16 to 19. The Six Kings Slam will feature six of today’s top tennis players, including the Spaniard, who is also an ambassador for the Saudi Tennis Federation. There it will coincide with Djokovic, Medvedev, Sinner, Rune And Alcaraz, with whom they could compete in the semi-final.
This Tuesday, the Spaniard published a video in which he appears already preparing for the tournament. Nadal appears to be training on the courts of his academy, before the first of the duels which he will play in a little over two weeks on Saudi soil. After hitting 15 right hands in a row, one of his trainers is heard saying “it’s perfect there”, specifying that during these months of inactivity, he did not lose his precision and his best technique.
This will be his first appearance on the slopes since his elimination from the doubles Olympic Games Paris 2024where he shared the court with Nadal. He then hinted that his retirement was closer than ever to happening, but after a brief period of reflection, he announced that he would return to the Laver Cup, although he was also unable to compete in the tournament which pits Europe against the rest of the world. and it had Alcaraz as the great protagonist.
“I had set the Olympic Games as my goal since the start of the year. This cycle is well and truly over, I’m going to go home, disconnected and cold, when I’m clear on what my next step is, whether it’s with a racket in hand or not, I’ll let you know.“, declared the tennis player upon his elimination from the Paris Olympic tournament.
Nadal had set himself as one of the last goals of his career to attend the Olympic Games, since they took place at Roland Garros, where he has won 14 times. In the individual draw, it was Djokovic who eliminated him in the second round, so he only had hope for the doubles, where he had already won a gold medal in 2016. However, he fell with Alcaraz in the quarter-finals, leaving him without a medal.
It was then that he left his continuity up in the air, although he later confirmed that he would compete again, but not in the The US Open. He was also not at Laver, where his return was expected, but he confirmed his presence at the Six Kings Slam, where the best rackets in the world will be present.
One of the last challenges in the career of the best Spanish athlete of all time could be that Davis Cup. Malaga will host the final phase, where Spain aspires to the title. The presence of Rafa Nadal This has already been confirmed by coach Ferrer and himself. Currently, preparations for the prelude to Davis, which will be in Saudi Arabia, have begun.
