Rafael Nadal returned to tennis officially in the singles capacity at the 2024 Brisbane International and what an amazing return that was.
The match against Dominic Thiem looked quite complicated before Nadal took the courts because the Austrian is a decent player. Obviously, he's been struggling for a very long time now and hasn't played a very good match against Nadal, but some fans wondered how the Spaniard would do.
He did better than most anticipated, surprising even himself at times with how well he played. The Austrian didn't really show up in a spectacular way, which contributed to the impressive scoreline, but most of it was Nadal playing really well.
He was actually asked after the match whether he was surprised by his level, and in a way, he didn't really think about it. He just went out and played without any expectations.
Thankfully for the 22-time major winner and his fans, it went about as well as you can think.
Well, I mean, anything can happen in these kind of days after such a long time without being in a professional tennis match. You go on court, and you can't expect anything, no?
You can expect amazing things, but you can expect disasters. It can happen. You can expect a bad day and normal and positive day.
Nadal was pretty happy overall as he played a match without many errors which was good. Overall, he was just happy with the outing.
I think I have been in that last thing, in a positive day even a little bit more. I have been playing solid without making a lot of mistakes in terms of unforced errors but in terms of making bad decisions.
I think I didn't make a lot of bad decisions choosing the shots that I have to play, and that's something difficult after such a long time. Something that I'm happy with.
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