After his outing of a long close (6 months with a knee injury),the Spanish professional tennis player  Nadal will return to action at the Mubadala World Tennis Championship in Abu Dhabi in five days’s time.

“I need to see how it improves and how it reacts to the intensity and demands of playing with tennis players of such a high level,” said Nadal in an interview with Spanish daily ABC.

Nadal was diagnosed with a partial tear of the patella tendon and inflammation in his left knee and was unable to defend his Olympic title at the London Games after a shock defeat to Czech Lukas Rosol in the second round at Wimbledon in June.

Nadal said the knee was “still not 100 percent” and he was planning to ease back in slowly.

“I am not thinking long term, I am just focused on the knee, seeing how it responds and then we’ll see later on.

“I want to be sure that it’s completely ready to start competing in anger again, without any doubts.”

 “If I feel good in Abu Dhabi we’ll continue but if not I’ll take it calmly.”

“ Tennis is a sport that does not last forever,” he added. “It’s not like golf which you can play for 20 or 25 years without any problems.”

 “In tennis time is limited, that’s the way it is. I am an optimistic type and I don’t believe that I have forgotten how to play tennis during these past months.” He told ABC .