Nadal has been sidelined since this 12 months’s Australian Open again in January. The defending champion on the time, he picked up a left psoas damage throughout his second-round defeat to Mackenzie McDonald. After a failed try at returning for the clay season, Nadal introduced in May that he was ending his season. In June, he underwent arthroscopic surgical procedure.

The 22-time Grand Slam champion is now coaching in hope of constructing a return in 2024, which may doubtlessly be the ultimate season of his tennis profession. Nadal’s comeback gave the impression to be set in stone when the Australian Open boss claimed he had spoken to the Spaniard.

Nadal later confirmed that this was not true, and he has now issued a response to Tiley. “Yes, it was a bit daring,” the Spaniard informed AS. “I have a very good relationship with him and I understand his excitement and also that of the Australian Open, which is surely less than the excitement I have about going there.”

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While the two-time Australian Open winner was wanting to be prepared in time for a return to Melbourne, he mentioned it was manner too quickly to commit. Nadal continued: “But from there to saying that I am going to be at the Australian Open seems very complicated to say today. In fact I don't know and I'm working to try to recover.

“Therefore, my way of understanding my moment is that I do not need dates, but rather I need to simply work day by day with enthusiasm and with the right mentality to try to recover.” Nadal went on to elucidate why he didn’t need to give a definitive comeback date.

“If I set dates and I don't keep them, I add disappointments that I don't need, because I have already had enough disappointments at a sporting and physical level in recent times,” he added. “So I don't need to set any dates; I'm doing my day-to-day life and I'm honestly improving. I'm better now than I was a month ago and I hope in a month and a half I'll be able to say something: I'm going there or I'm going there.”