Rafael Nadal needs to go little by little on his return to the circuit, which will also be his last. The key is that he can stay healthy to reach Roland Garros and the Olympic Games competitively.
The Mallorcan has not had a good time recently. He spent days without answering the phone to at least three key members of his team. And he didn't do it out of rudeness but because his head had "match point" against him. He was sticking his arm out from his side, and they wanted to change him so that he could play forward. And it was precisely that slightly different movement that, for example, caused him the pain that forced him to leave Indian Wells in March, one of his favorite tournaments. He decided to travel to Barcelona to decide there whether or not he would play in the tournament that saw him win no less than 12 times. But in Manacor, he resumed training, and the level he recovered was such that he decided to play.