Rafael Nadal set for Asian exhibition, begins practice

World No.2 Rafael Nadal has decided to play in Asia for 2011 Shanghai Masters and China Open, which will begin on next month in China. The Spaniard is just coming after minimal rest; he is ready to plays an exhibition with compatriot David Ferrer in tennis-starved Taiwan.

The 25-year-old Nadal, who has lost his Grand Slam final to World No. 1 Novak Djokovic at the 2011 US Open tournament final in four sets with 6–2, 6–4, 6–7(3–7) and 6–1. Nadal also played a crucial role in Spain’s Davis Cup tie match against France last week. Nadal posted on his Facebook wall that, he has begin training session along with his country mate Arnau Brugues, who won seventeen ITF tournaments on hard courts in his career.

Nadal will play in the 2011 Shanghai Masters tournament, which will begin from October 11th to 18th, held at the Qizhong Forest Sports City Arena in Shanghai, an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 of the Association of Tennis Professionals. Spaniard also schedule to play in the China Open, an ATP 500 Series of the 2011 ATP World Tour, which will begin from 1st to 9th October at  the Olympic Green Tennis Center in Beijing.

The 10-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal is likely to seed No. 1 in the upcoming Shanghai Masters, where World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and 16-time Grand Slam champion Roger Federer were pulled out of the event, due to injuries.