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Nadal proclaims hand surgical procedure, exhibits nice sense of humour
Nadal to return to Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF subsequent week
December 12, 2025
Peter Staples/ATP Tour
Rafael Nadal was honoured at Roland Garros earlier this 12 months.
By ATP Employees
Rafael Nadal introduced Friday that he lately underwent hand surgical procedure.
The retired legend’s good sense of humour was on full show when he joked that he received’t have the ability to play the Australian Open subsequent month.
“Seems to be like I received’t have the ability to play the @AustralianOpen 2026 😂,” Nadal wrote. “I needed to bear hand surgical procedure due to a problem I’d been coping with for a very long time, however I hope to be tremendous quickly 🤗”
Me parece que no podré jugar el @australianopen en enero 😂
He tenido que someterme a una intervención en la mano por un problema que venía arrastrando desde hace mucho tiempo, ¡pero espero estar bien pronto! 🤗
Seems to be like I received’t have the ability to play the @AustralianOpen 2026 😂
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— Rafa Nadal (@RafaelNadal) December 12, 2025
The Spaniard, who retired final 12 months, is not going to be removed from the tennis court docket regardless of his surgical procedure. Nadal will return to Jeddah for the Subsequent Gen ATP Finals introduced by PIF, which takes place from 17-21 December.
