It didn’t look like he had been out of competition for 44 days. Rafael Nadal reappeared this Wednesday at the Mutua Madrid Open, dazzling the crowd that packed the Manolo Santana Stadium with his victory over Miomir Kecmanovic.The tennis player with the most crowns at the Masters 1000 held in the Spanish capital (2005, 2010, 2013-14 & 2017) dispatched the Serbian in two sets (6-1, 7-6[4]) after one hour and 55 minutes. A rib fracture suffered in Indian Wells meant that the final against Taylor Fritz was his last match before returning to the Madrid clay, starting the European tour on that su …

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