Dude, what a shock I got! I sat down calmly at Fane's terrace, with a beer and a snack, to watch some tennis, and what do you see? Rafa Nadal, bro, the guy who gave it all on the court, lost in Brisbane! He lost to Australian Jordan Thompson, 5-7, 7-6 (6), 6-3. And not just any loss, but after missing three match points in the second set! Three, man! Like hitting my 2008 BMW into the same pothole three times and still hoping it runs.

Now, the Brisbane semifinals are on Saturday. And look who's on the board: Holger Rune - Roman Safiullin (that's the story, man, Safiullin, the Russian who came out of nowhere) and Jordan Thompson - Grigor Dimitrov. You don't know who Safiullin is? I didn't even know he existed until a week ago. But there he is, bro, in the semifinals, ranked 39th in the ATP, ready to slap Rune, the Dane who thinks he's a big shot. I say Safiullin has a chance, no joke, because these players who come out of nowhere are dangerous.

The Brisbane tournament is an ATP 250, played from December 31 to January 7, with 32 players in the draw. The defending champion is Kei Nishikori, from about 5 years ago, in 2019. And more importantly, the 2024 Australian Open starts on January 14. Exactly, bro, the first Grand Slam of the year, and Nadal is uncertain. And what did the man say after the match? He said: 'I have to see how I wake up tomorrow. These days I've spoken cautiously because I know that after a year, the body finds it hard to play tournaments. You don't know how the body will react. I hope it's nothing major.' The pain is in the same area as last year, but he says it's muscular, not the tendon. 'Last year it was the tendon, now it's the tired muscle, but it's in the same area and that worries me,' he added.

Wait, bro, he continued: 'The best case would be that the muscle is super loaded after the effort of these three days and the tough match. That would be ideal. What you can see is that I managed to play well. I didn't come here to win tournaments, I came to come back. If I don't feel good, I'll do tests and we'll see.' So, man, now it's time to stay calm and see how he wakes up tomorrow. I hope he's okay, because without him, the Australian Open isn't the same. I'm worried, bro, because if he leaves too, we're left with only Djokovic and Alcaraz, and that's no life.

For now, I'm going to feed Tyson and watch an old Nadal match to remember the good times. Come on, let's see what happens!