Rafael Nadal’s return to Barcelona against Cobolli. When they play – -

Imagine Flavio Cobolli, born in Florence on May 6, 2002, a week after the Rafa Nadal’s first victory at ATP levelarrived on April 29 in Mallorca against Ramon Delgado. Cobolli will play against Nadal tomorrow on the Rafa Nadal track, the central court of Barcelona for a few years now named after a legend who has won this tournament 12 times, and who will return to the field for what will be only his second tournament of 2024 after the one in Brisbane.

Nadal will also return to play
a match on clay 681 days after the Roland Garros 2022 final
won against Casper Ruud. And the next day I was on crutches, Rafa recalled at a press conference organized in Barcelona in which a lump sum was still fearedand what it has instead made his presence on the pitch official against Cobolliinvited to a day of celebration but who will try to ruin it.

Nadal raised for the first time the trophy in Catalonia in 2005, the last in 2021. On a personal level it is a gift to be in Barcelona and I look at it as my senior year – her words -. I want to enjoy every moment. In this life there is a beginning and an end, but it will not be a tribute: I will give my best. After also missing Monte Carlo, the first tournament of the season on clay after those on American hard courts, Nadal has been training hard these days, also giving positive signals: the match, however, was something else. It’s been a difficult two years – Rafa again -. I come from a major hip operation and when it happens it’s difficult because things happen in the body that ‘when you can, you can, when you can’t you can’t.

Nadal will be there, not Alcaraz, who also missed the Masters 1000 in the Principality due to an arm problem. Rafa, on the other hand, on paper would have Barcelona, ​​then Madrid, Rome and Roland Garros. It’s difficult for me to plan things, I go day by day. There are many bad days physically and mentally, the good days continue to make up for them and I continue to have fun when I play tennis. This is why I maintain the hope of continuing to play. Meanwhile, there’s Cobolli, that’s for sure.

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April 15, 2024 (changed April 15, 2024 | 5:50 pm)

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