Alex Corretja believes that Rafael Nadal will make a rapid return to the court after withdrawing from the Australian Open due to a small muscle tear.
Speaking exclusively to Express Sport, he said: “My feeling is Rafa wants to play whenever he’s ready.
“If that means that this is before Indian Wells, he will go to Indian Wells. He’s not going to say, ‘Oh I’m going to wait until clay’, because no one secures that he is going to be healthy for clay.
“No one is telling you, ‘If you wait for the clay, it’s better.’ You never know, clay is also pretty demanding. It’s long matches, physically it’s tough, movements are tough.”
