Nadal, whose injuries prevented him from defending his Wimbledon title last month, had a one hour, 15-minute hitting session yesterday with his uncle and coach Toni Nadal.
"I'm very Happy to be back training,get to touch a racket again and do what ia love doing the most,".
“At the same time, it was just a very light hitting session, without putting too much pressure; just enough to see how I am.”
Nadal said last week he plans to return to the ATP World Tour in next month’s Rogers Cup in Montreal, which starts Aug. 10. The tournament, which Nadal won in Toronto last year, is part of the ATP’s Masters series and a warm-up for the U.S. Open, the only Grand Slam event Nadal is yet to win.
Nadal plans to return to practice Monday and return to the ATP Tour next month, according to his publicist. Nadal, who had tests on his sore knees Tuesday in Barcelona, Spain, plans to play in the hardcourt tournament that begins Aug. 10 in Montreal. He has not played a match since being upset in the fourth round at the French Open in May.
The Spaniard hasn’t played since losing to Robin Soderling in the fourth round of the French Open in May. It was his first defeat on the clay courts of Roland Garros in Paris, where he was the four-time defending champion.
Roger Federer won his first French Open championship after Nadal’s exit to complete the career Grand Slam and claimed his sixth Wimbledon title four weeks later for his record 15th major.
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