Golf, meetings with Larry Ellison, visits from Ben Stiller…

Rafael Nadal, It coincided on Friday with Novak Djokovic on the trip to Los Angelesthe previous stop before landing in the Coachella Valley, is already training in Indian Wells. He did so not at the Tennis Garden facilities but at the luxury Sensei Porcupine Creek complex.

The Balearic Islands are loved for their natural landscape, where desert blends with snow-capped mountains. Golf courses, conversations with his great friend Larry Ellison, visits from actor Ben Stiller or golfer Fred Cupples and others..

Nadal will officially return to the ring in the first Masters 1000 tournament on the calendar, which he won three times: 2007, 2009 and 2013.

The 22-time major champion, who missed the last edition of the tournament due to an iliopsoas injury, will travel to Las Vegas next weekend to compete in the Netflix Slam tournament alongside Carlos Alcaraz. Murcian lands in the California desert today after being forced to withdraw from the Rio Open due to a Grade 2 sprain in his right ankle..

Debuting on March 7

Nadal will know his draw in Indian Wells after the draw is held on March 5th. The competition begins the next day and the pool player is not exempt from the preliminary round because he is not seeded. This means that in the hypothetical case of reaching the final, they would have to play seven matches.

After participating in the tournament, he will return to Spain to prepare for the European clay court tour, where he will appear Monte Carlo, Barcelona, ​​Mutua Madrid Open, Rome and Roland Garrosthe date marked in capital letters on the tennis player's calendar.