Organizers: Nadal to make comeback at Brazil Open

 　　RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 15 (Xinhua) -- Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal will make his long-awaited return from injury at next month' s Brazil Open, tournament organizers confirmed on Tuesday.

　　The 11-time Grand Slam¹ winner has not played since suffering a knee injury during his second-round loss to Lukas Rosol at Wimbledon in June last year.

　　The event will be Nadal's first in Brazil since he won the same tournament - his second career title - as an 18-year-old in 2005.

　　"I am very happy to be going back to play in Brazil," Nadal told Spain's TV3 on Tuesday. "I am especially happy to come back two weeks earlier than I had planned. That means that things are going well."Nadal had planned to make his comeback at the Australian Open in Melbourne but was forced to withdraw² due to a stomach virus.

　　The 26-year-old's six-month absence from the ATP circuit³ has seen him slip to No. 4 in the world behind Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray.

　　The Brazil Open, to be played in Sao Paulo from February 9-17, is Brazil's only ATP tour event.

1 slam   

v.猛力地推、放或扔；砰地关上

参考例句：

• They were surprised by the slam of a car door.关汽车门时发出的声音使他们很吃惊。
• Why should you slam the window?你干吗要使劲关窗户呢？

2 withdraw   

vt.收回，撤消，撤退；vi.缩回，退出，撤退

参考例句：

• I want to withdraw a statement I made earlier.我想收回我早些时候发表的一项声明。
• The general decided to withdraw his soldiers.那位将军决定撤军。

3 circuit   

n.电路，线路；环行，环行道

参考例句：

• Join those two ends of wire and you'll make a circuit.把那两个导线连接起来即构成一个电路。
• Where does this line tie in with the main circuit?这条线在哪里跟主线路连接在一起呢？