MOSCOW, Jan 7 Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals of the tournament in the Australian Melbourne, which has a prize pool of more than $ 500,000. In the quarterfinals, the Spaniard, seeded in the tournament with the first number, had to play with the Dutchman Tallon Grikspur, who refused to hold the meeting due to injury. In the semifinals, the 20-time winner of the Grand Slam tournaments will play against Finn Emil Ruusuvuori. Previously in the tournament, Nadal won his first singles victory since August 2021. He missed the United States Open and the ATP Tournament with a leg injury. In December, a 35-year-old Spaniard contracted coronavirus after an exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi.
