After the shocking defeat he faced against his compatriot and friend Fernando Verdasco in the first round of the 2016 Australian Open, Rafael Nadal was forced to make unexpected choices. It is hard to imagine Nadal was expecting his trip to Melbourne to last just for the first day of the tournament and new plans had to be made to get over the defeat soon and start already to look forward to better results.
According to Spanish portal Clarin (www.clarin.com) Nadal will already be back home in Majorca on Thursday. Rafael has indeed decided to stop home before flying to South America. The Spaniard will be in Spain to train on red clay and will then try to find the best feelings on court with the short swing on clay before the Masters 1000 on hard courts in America.
Rafael was supposed to start his South American campaign in Rio de Janeiro, but there is a big chance Nadal will add the tournament of Buenos Aires to his schedule, which is played just one week before the Brazilian event. According to his compatriot Almagro, the 14-time Grand Slam champion should be on court in Argentina.
Thanks to Tennis World for the translation of the article