Rafael Nadal’s ATP Opponent Has No Qualms in Admitting His Supremacy Despite Massive Form Concerns

Rafael Nadal has kept everyone eagerly waiting for his comeback, be it his fans or fellow players. The Spanish tennis legend has been absent from the tour for around a year now owing to injuries. The 22-time Grand Slam champion has had a turbulent 2023 season and has spent much time away from the court. However, he is set to make a grand comeback next year. Ahead of his return, Russian tennis star, Andrey Rublev, made a huge statement regarding Nadal’s comeback.

Earlier this month, Nadal revealed that his comeback tournament will be the Brisbane International. The ATP 250 tournament will act as a warm-up tournament for Nadal ahead of the Australian Open. Let’s find out what Rublev said about Nadal’s comeback.

Andrey Rublev optimistic about the comeback of Rafael Nadal

Recently, the Russian star was involved in an interview with The National News. During the interview, he talked about his tennis career and his off-court activities like charitable work. Further, he also went on to talk about Nadal’s return next year.

Opening up about this, he said, “I’m not surprised because I think he and Novak, those kind of players who are playing to leave a mark in the history of tennis; while Novak is still playing I think Rafa will try until the end to play and try to win slams.”

Further, he went on to add, “They are playing for different things. We don’t know yet [where his level will be at], but how many times people would say, not just about Rafa, about all those three players, every time they were injured or down and losing matches everybody was saying, ‘Now the time of Roger or time of Rafa or time of Novak, is coming to an end’ and they always proved them wrong.”

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Preparations are going on in full swing for Nadal as he aims to make a positive return. Fans will be eagerly waiting for Nadal’s return to the court. Recently, a massive update dropped about Nadal’s comeback.

Nadal’s Australian Open kit revealed

Nike, with whom Nadal has had a long working relationship, launched new colors that he’ll dawn at the Australian Open. A few hours ago, further details dropped regarding his kit. It was an interesting color combination from Nike, that’ll give Nadal a fresh look.

His main color for the 2024 Australian Open is Light photo blue [#435] with White and Light lemon twist trimmings. The images of the kit were dropped on social media. It went viral as soon as it was posted and thousands of fans reacted to it.

With Nadal nearing the end of his illustrious career, he’ll be eager to make it big in 2024. It could potentially be his final season on the ATP Tour. Nonetheless, fans will be eager to catch their hero in action soon.

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