Nadal was infected with Covid-19 after competing for the Friendly Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi last December and said he would reassuse the ability to participate in tournaments in the coming time depending on his health recovery.
“Don't tell anyone … I'm here,” Nadal posted this status line on Twitter with the photo he was standing on the Rod Laver Arena. This is considered a tournament that many people expect Nadal to break the record for 20 Grand Slam championships currently held by both Rafa Nadal, Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer.
Nadal is 35 years old, playing his first match at Abu Dhabi after 4 months of persistent injury treatment in his leg. He was eliminated from Roland Garros in France in the semi -finals and then forced to abandon Wimbledon, Tokyo Olympics and The US Open. In addition to positive for Covid, the Spaniard is said to be difficult to join the Australian Open, the tournament he has won once and won the runner -up 4 times.
The appearance of Nadal in this tournament is good news for the organizers, which is quite gloomy because of the absence of injuries of big names such as Federer, Stan Wawrinka, Dominic Thiem, Serena Williams and Bianca Andrescu.
While the Australian press reported that Venus Williams followed his younger sister Serena not participating in the Grand Slam tournament on the hard pitch this year. Currently, it is still unclear the possibility of participating in the Australian Open of the number one player Serbia Novak Djokovic, who holds up to 9 titles of the tournament after he confirms not to join Serbia in the ATP Cup tournament in Sydney this week.
