While Nadal most certainly would have wanted to put up a better showing, he’ll probably just be happyfor the momentthat he has physically recovered from the appendix surgery that forced him to skip the year-end ATP World Tour Finals in London last November.
He’ll have a little over two weeks to find his game before the start of the year’s first grand slam, the Australian Open, and he vows to make progress.
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