Recently, 20 Grand Slam winners and 13-time French Open champion Rafael Nadal shared his recent situation through social platforms, in addition to exposing photos of himself having just finished surgery and walking crutches, he also shared photos of himself climbing the mountain with his wife, and seems to be enjoying a rare time of recuperation, but fans who know Nadal know that the 35-year-old god of clay will never rest forever.
It is worth mentioning that Nadal also recorded a video in standard English to disclose his recent situation, telling the fans that he is suffering from injuries, resulting in unsatisfactory results this year, but he also turned sharply, insisting that he will return to the field in a fuller state and strive to play for a few more years with a healthier body. From all indications, Nadal will never just sit on his own, and returning to the four Grand Slams in 2022 is an inevitable result.
As we all know, Nadal lost 1-3 to Djokovic in the semi-finals of this year's French Open, watching his old opponent enter the final and lift the Musketeers Cup, that defeat hit Nadal very hard, but according to insiders after the game, the reason why Nadal lost was not how well Djokovic played, but that Nadal played too badly, and the initiator was injured and affected the play.
After the French Open, Nadal withdrew from the Wimbledon and Tokyo schedules, and did not return to the field until the end of August, but the devastation of injuries made him unable to show his full strength, I am afraid that it was only at the peak of 60%, so the results in the next two races were not ideal, which made Nadal have to consider surgical treatment of injuries and give himself a holiday for his perennial conquest of the world.
If everything goes according to the normal rhythm, Nadal is expected to appear at the Australian Open in early 2022, if Nadal can adjust his state by practicing in a way that does not rule out the possibility of him winning the Australian Open in one fell swoop, once he wins the Australian Open, he also becomes a "double Grand Slam" winner, and leads the Big Three with 21 Grand Slams, then who is the greatest male tennis player may be controversial again.