Rafael Nadal tests positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Spain after making his comeback from injury in an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last week.
Rafael Nadal has tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in Spain after making his comeback from injury in an exhibition event in Abu Dhabi last week, the Spaniard said on Monday.He was tested regularly while abroad and only tested positive when back in SpainThe 35-year-old shared a post to his Instagram, writing in Spanish: "I wanted to announce that on my return home after playing the Abu Dhabi tournament, I have tested positive for COVID … when I arrived in Spain.
"I am having some unpleasant moments but I hope that I will improve little by little. I am now homebound and have reported the result to those who have been in contact with me," he wrote. The Spaniard's comeback from injury at the exhibition event, his first tournament appearance since the Citi Open in Washington in August, ended in two close defeats by Andy Murray and Denis Shapovalov.The 20-time Grand Slam champion spent four months on the sidelines with a foot injury. He was knocked out at Roland Garros in the semi-finals and was forced to pull out of Wimbledon, the Tokyo Olympics and the US Open.
He had said he could not guarantee he would make the trip for the Australian Open, which begins on January 17.
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