Dec. 1 (UPI) -- Spaniard Rafael Nadal will end a yearlong hiatus and return to the professional tennis circuit at Australia's Brisbane International early next year, the 22-time Grand Slam champion announced Friday on social media.
"After a year of not competing, it is time to come back," Nadal said in a video posted to his Instagram and X accounts. "It will be in Brisbane in the first week of January. See you there."