Rafael Nadal may resign in 2024© AFP
Rafael Nadal mentioned on Thursday he may now not verify that 2024 could be his ultimate season ahead of departure, announcing it “makes no sense” to all set a closing date for the top of his profession. The 22-time Elegant Slam champion will form his go back from a related year-long shock absence on the Australian Revealed warm-up match in Brisbane upcoming time. The 37-year-old had in the past recommended he would grasp up his racquet on the finish of 2024.
“There’s every chance that it’s going to be my last year and I’m going to enjoy the tournaments in that way,” Nadal mentioned in a video posted on his social media accounts.
“I don’t want to announce it because in the end I don’t know what can happen and I have to give myself the opportunity not to say one thing as then I’ll be a slave to what I said.
“I believe it’s getting to be like that however I will be able to’t be 100% certain as a result of finally I’ve labored a accumulation to return again to compete and if all at once issues and my body permit me to proceed and revel in what I do, why am I getting to all set a closing date?
“I think it makes no sense.”
Nadal used to be named at the access listing for the Australian Revealed previous on Thursday forward of the beginning of the primary Elegant Slam event of the yr on January 14.
The Spaniard has now not performed since a second-round loss to American MacKenzie McDonald at Melbourne Landscape 11 months in the past.
He two times wanted surgical treatment then suffering with a hip shock and has slipped to 664th on the planet scores presen sidelined.
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