Rafa Nadal is back on the pitch for the first time since August, when he was knocked out by South African Lloyd Harris in Washington in the round of 16 after losing the semi-final to Novak Djokovic at Roland Garros in Paris.
The Spaniard met again in the semifinal of the World Tennis Abu Dhabi 2021 in the men's singles, at the end of which he was defeated by Andy Murray.
The Scotsman won in two sets for 6-3, 7-5 after 1h50 'of play.
In the final Murray will have to face the Russian Andrei Rublev, victorious over the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.