Rafael Nadal 勝利,勝つs on 復帰 from 傷害, with 37-year-old legend playing just second tournament in 15 months and (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing world No 62 Flavio Cobolli in Barcelona Open

  • Rafael Nadal had not played since January after 苦しむing another hip problem
  • He 発表するd he was playing Barcelona Open late on and made successful start
  • He 緩和するd to a 6-2 6-3 victory over 21-year-old Italian Flavio Cobolli?

Rafael Nadal made a 勝利を得た return to the match 法廷,裁判所 with victory over Flavio Cobolli in the first 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of the Barcelona Open.

The 37-year-old was playing just his second tournament in 15 months after 苦しむing another 傷害 problem in his hip muscle at his 復帰 event in Brisbane in January.

Nadal only committed to playing at the tournament he has won 12 times on Monday but there was not much rust on 陳列する,発揮する as he 緩和するd to a 6-2 6-3 victory over 21-year-old Italian Cobolli in his first match on clay since he won his 14th French Open 肩書を与える in 2022.


Nadal received a hero's welcome as he strode out の上に the 法廷,裁判所 that 耐えるs his 指名する and, although there were a few loose forehands in the 早期に 行う/開催する/段階s, the former world number one was too solid for Cobolli.

Cobolli understandably looked nervous and 与える/捧げるd to the scoreline with far too many errors, but a big factor in that was the pr essure 存在 発揮するd from the other end of the 法廷,裁判所.

Rafael Nadal looked in high spirits on his comeback from injury as he won in straight sets

Rafael Nadal looked in high spirits on his 復帰 from 傷害 as he won in straight 始める,決めるs

The Spaniard has only played two tournaments in 15 months and has struggled to stay fit

The Spaniard has only played two tournaments in 15 months and has struggled to stay fit

Nadal?takes on in-form fourth seed Alex De Minaur which will be a step up in class

Nadal?takes on in-form fourth seed Alex De Minaur which will be a step up in class?

A blip (機の)カム when Nadal, who is 始める,決める to retire at some point this season, played a poor game to 減少(する) serve for the first time in the third game of the second 始める,決める but he had already broken

Cobolli and quickly 回復するd his advantage. There were some vintage forehands from Nadal in the final 行う/開催する/段階s and he clinched victory when Cobolli netted a final backhand, thrusting his 握りこぶし into the 空気/公表する.

The home favourite 直面するs a real 実験(する) next, though, when he takes on in-form fourth seed Alex De Minaur.

一方/合間, second seed Andrey Rublev destroyed his ゆすり at the end of a 6-4 7-6 (6) 敗北・負かす by Brandon Nakashima that continued his poor run of form.