Nadal and his return: "My first option would be in January, in Australia, but I don't know for sure"

Rafael Nadal acknowledged that the pain from the psoas injury that has kept him out of competition all year has not yet completely disappeared, but he stressed that in training he can “do more things.”

The winner of 22 Grand Slams pointed to the Australian Open as an idea of returning to competition, although he did not guarantee it, in an event at the Madrid Costume Museum where he presented a line of food supplements together with Juan Matji, president of Cantabria Labs , with whom he shares the initiative.

“There is still no return date. The Davis Cup no longer, because we are eliminated and November could not have been. I go day by day because I don't have the ability to know how my body will be in a few months.. “My first option right now would be in January, in Australia, but I don't know for sure,” Nadal said.

“I can train a little more and that is already progress. I have less pain, but I still have discomfort. If I didn't have pain I could give a date. But I do things that I couldn't do before, I train a little more,” added the Manacorí tennis player.

Nadal was cautious but optimistic: “I'm on the right path. Although it is an injury that I have not had before. But I am excited, which is the most important thing.. It's an injury that's new to me and it's uncharted territory.. “I tried to come back in the gravel season and it wasn't possible, that's why I don't know and I can't say when I'm going to return.”