Quote from: aoluain on January 31, 2023, 01:19:18 PM

Quote from: zuzie on January 31, 2023, 12:59:30 PM

Quote from: Strongkored on January 31, 2023, 05:53:53 AM

The major tournament that Nadal is still likely to win is the French Open, the only type surface that allows him to win lots of GS titles. This year's French Open will be held in May-June so Nadal has time to be able to recover from his injury even though the time that is still quite long is not a guarantee he will recover because it will really depend on the injury he experienced during the last Australian Open if it's too bad he might miss this tournament

Regarding Nadal's injury
I quote statements from his social media that Nadal's injury is not too serious
It was a level 2 injury to the psoas iliacus muscle in the left leg. Nadal also said he would rest for a while for his recovery which is estimated to take 6 to 8 weeks.
That means Nadal will recover before the 2023 French Open next May.

OK, clearly the French Open is his main target, this is his tournament having won it
ONLY 14 times previously.
This will be massive, both Nadal and Djokovic now have 22 GS titles, if Djokovic wins
it I cant see Nadal catching up. There is a bigger chance Djokovic could take Wimbledon
too to put a wider gap between them.

I know a lot of people are quite hopeful about Rafael Nadal. But I do not think that is going to be a good idea because he is not in his prime anymore. It is going to be very hard for him to actually achieve something from this tournament.

Another big problem is, he is facing quite a lot of injuries in recent times. I honestly do not think that he will be able to compete against the likes of Novak Djokovic and Alcaraz in this tournament.