Nadal, "strong" for Montreal and does not confirm whether he will go to Cincinnati
Rafa Nadal will finish his preparation for the 1,000 Masters in the Canadian city of Montreal that starts the first week of August.
The Spaniard Rafa Nadal will finish his preparation for the 1,000 Masters in the Canadian city of Montreal that starts the first week of August and which he presumes will be physically strong.
"I think that this year I am on a good physical basis, I am strong, I will soon be traveling to Montreal, I want to be there a few days to finish my preparation for the Masters 1000 that will be held from August 5 to 11," said Rafa Nadal this Tuesday in Manacor, his hometown.
"After Wimbledon I accused the wear a little and I disconnected but now I am returning to train well on hard court," he said in a press conference held at the Rafa Nadal Academy
The Mallorcan could arrive in Canada on August 2. Nadal won last year's edition of the Montreal tournament, defeating the young Stefanos Tsitsipas (6-2 and 7-6) in the final, winning his 33rd Masters 1000.
This year, the Mallorcan starts as a favorite, after the casualties of the Serbian Novak Djokovic and the Argentine Juan Martín del Potro. In the presentation of the 'Challenger Rafa Nadal Open by Sothebys International Realty' tournament that will be played in Manacor from August 26 to September 1, the Balearic tennis player has confirmed his participation in Montreal although he has left his contest in the air tournament Cincinatti
"Depending on what happens in Montreal, I will decide about the Cincinnati Masters," he said. "Cincinatti is an option," he reiterated. "What I do know is that I want to get well prepared for the US Open, the last tournament of the season," he said.
The Grand Slam US Open'2019 will be played in New York from August 26 to September 8. Regarding what will be the second edition of the Challenger Rafa Nadal Open by Sothebys International Realty, the organization has informed that it will have a participation of 48 players, five of them invited, and two from a previous phase.
"These are complicated dates because they coincide with the first week of the United States Open," Rafa Nadal recalled. The identity of the 48 players - all below the first one hundred of the ATP - will be known on August 5, although this Tuesday has confirmed the participation of the 16-year-old from Murcia, Carlos Alcaraz, which some qualify as "the new Nadal".
All matches of this tournament will be played at the Rafa Nadal Academy in Manacor in the morning and afternoon sessions and admission will be free for the public. There will be singles and doubles finals. The quarter, semi-final and final matches will be offered by the Movistar television platform.
Last year, the winner of the first edition was the Australian Bernard Tomic. The Rafa Nadal tennis academy is celebrating its third year of existence. "It is the result of the great work of many people," said the tennis player to reporters.
"I am very happy because people from the Manacor region and people from many other parts of the world come here," he said.
"In these three years, important figures have passed through here and with very large professional careers," said Rafa Nadal. "The Academy is a center that gives young tennis players the opportunity to avoid having to leave Mallorca or Spain to make progress," Nadal concluded.
In the presentation of the Challenger Rafa Nadal Open by Sothebys International Realty have attended, in addition to Rafael Nadal, the director of his academy, Toni Nadal, the sports director of the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation, Javier Soler, the tournament director, Joan Suasi, and the CEO of Sothebys International Realty, Phil White.