Abu Dhabi will be a test for me.

Rafael Nadal confirmed that the Abu Dhabi Exhibition Championship will be a “test” for him, And that he decided to return to the field four months after his last official match due to an injury to his left foot because “the recovery process is going well.”

“Things are going better than before, otherwise I wouldn’t have thought of going back to Abu Dhabi. What will happen from now on? Abu Dhabi is a test for me, and I am determined to be there.”

The 2021 Mubadala World Tennis Championship will be held from December 16-18 in the capital of the emirate of the same name and the Spanish tennis player. He will face the winner of the match between Britain’s Andy Murray and Austrian Dominic Thiem.

Regarding the injury that has prevented him from playing since last August in the Washington Championships (he was eliminated by South African Lloyd Harris), the 20-time Grand Slam winner said he was “following all the doctors’ indications” in his country. recovery process.

He concluded, “I am obedient and do as they tell me. We will not know what the foot is like until we increase the load and test ourselves at the highest level.”