Medvedev expects Nadal to be great challenge in 2024

Daniil Medvedev and Rafael Nadal

World No. 3 tennis player Daniil Medvedev admitted that Rafael Nadal is still expected to be a "great challenge" for him in the next season when the Spaniard returns from a long injury layoff.

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The 22-time Grand Slam champion will make his comeback after a year-long absence from competition due to an iliopsoas injury in his left leg at the Brisbane International, before competing at the 2024 Australian Open.

"With Rafa maybe I even had even less success than with Novak [Djokovic] in a way. But we had some tight matches where I felt like I could win and maybe he got the edge in the end. So, for me it's going to be a great challenge if I have to face him. I don't know at the moment his shape, no one knows, and how he's going to handle," Medvedev said.

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