Rafael Nadal has started training for the Paris Olympics with full intensity. The Spaniard reached Paris earlier on Tuesday and did not take time to hit the ground running. Nadal enjoys playing on clay and he would be a force to be reckoned with, although he has not quite been on top of his game due to troubles with injuries.
Nadal recently returned to competitive tennis earlier in the Nordea Open where he finished as the runner-up. The 37-year-old also took down Cameron Norrie and was also impressive while playing doubles with Casper Ruud. In the Games village, Nadal trained under the supervision of his coach Carlos Moya, the 1998 French Open winner.
Olympics will hold a lot of importance for Nadal, who said that he will take a call on his US Open participation only after the quadrennial event. Nadal was named in the entry list after he made an entry through protected ranking.
He said that he needs to keep in mind his physical condition before deciding on participating in upcoming tournaments.
Here are some pictures from Rafael Nadal’s training:
‘No decision today’
“I needed to book to have the chance to decide after that, that’s as simple as that. Nothing changed for me. I’m going to decide what’s going on after Olympics,” Nadal said in a press conference.
“By the way, I will be playing in the Laver Cup but I am, to be clear, and to not create false expectations, I am not sure at all to be in New York or not. No decision today and the decision will not happen before the end of Olympics,” he said.
Apart from playing in singles, the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation announced that Nadal would take part in doubles along with 4-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz. Paris Olympics 2024 is scheduled to take place from July 26 to August 18.
