Nadal confirms MGM Slam appearance in Las Vegas on 28 February
Rafael Nadal confirmed in a social media video that he will play the MGM Slam exhibition at Las Vegas' T-Mobile Arena on 28 February, returning to a court in 2027 with 22 Grand Slam titles at the age of 40.
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Nadal vai voltar a uma quadra no início de 2027: o espanhol confirmou que vai disputar o MGM Slam, exibição na T-Mobile Arena, em Las Vegas, no dia 28 de fevereiro.
O anúncio veio em um vídeo nas redes sociais do dono de 22 títulos de Grand Slam, que disse que estará de volta a Nevada em quatro meses.
"Olá a todos, tenho ótimas lembranças de 2024 jogando em Las Vegas", disse o ex-número 1 do mundo. "A atmosfera e os torcedores foram simplesmente incríveis. Então estou muito empolgado em anunciar que volto em 2027. E estou muito ansioso para competir de novo no MGM Slam. Então, até breve em Vegas."
A notícia vem depois da participação dele em uma exibição em Manacor que marcou uma década da Rafa Nadal Academy, no início de outubro. Andy Murray, Marat Safin, Dominic Thiem, Carlos Moya, David Ferrer, Richard Gasquet e Fabio Fognini participaram; Nadal jogou ao lado de Moya, Ferrer e Gasquet contra Murray, Safin, Thiem e Fognini em tiebreaks de duplas, e o Team Rafa venceu por 4-3 no geral.
Foi a primeira exibição de Nadal desde a aposentadoria na final da Copa Davis de 2024, e antes dela ele descreveu como jogar havia se tornado difícil.
"Pegar na raquete sempre vai ser divertido para mim, mas isso é outra coisa de fechar a porta para as exibições — eu vou jogá-las, mas é um processo lento", disse o jogador de 40 anos. "No fim, terminei minha carreira com muitos problemas físicos; a raquete me lembra de muitas das dores que passei. Consigo viver melhor do que esperava, e para mim isso é muito importante depois de passar tantos anos vivendo outra coisa."
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