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Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 4-6

I play 15… AUSTRALIAN SET! In 44 minutes. Amazing. He has surpassed Nadal in recent minutes. A celebration of the ‘aussie’, daring all.

40-15 Hijikata, right into the net.
He has two more set balls.

40-0 THREE BALLS OF THE SET HIJIKATA!!! See it to believe it. He played a lot, he was released.

30-0 Hijikata. The chair umpire sings a double boat for Rafa, who doesn’t win a drop. The Australian was very quick and also came from a cut cross that surprised Rafa. He came back but ‘runner up’. This is the interpretation of the chair umpire.

15-0 Hijikata, true to his tactics going up to the net with a good first serve. Brave.

SERVE FOR SET HIJIKATA, debutant, 21 years old and 198 in the world.
His fourth fight on the professional major circuit.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 4-5

I play at 30 Nadal, who showed his fist after a brutal driving acceleration to put the ball on the line.
You should save the set to another.

40-30 nadal Another mistake, right on the net. Lack of timing.

40-15 nadal

30-15 Nadal, serve and right. A good point, to activate.

15-15 Nadal’s winning parallel right, although again the rival has the initiative. Rafa started well, for the time being. The debutante rose to the beard.

0-15 Hijikata. Backhand at Nadal’s net. In minor crises.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 3-5

The Australian confirmed the break, adding four points in a row. Rafa lacks energy.

40-30 Hijikata, defeated. Nadal playing short, the ‘aussie’ immediately went into the attack.

30-30 Hijikata, he seems to be at home. So silent. enjoying

15-30 Nadal, with the rest going into the net. Serve openly on the opposite side of the Spanish.

0-30 Nadal, hits a right, looking to recover the break already given.

0-15 Nadal. Serve and net Hijikata, his boat soon died in the net.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 3-4

AND BREAK HIJIKATA!!! He reached Rafa’s drop shot, he also caught the back lob. He celebrates it like a victory, jumping up, showing his fist.

30-40 HIJIKATA BREAK BALL!!! How did the aussie come out!!! He is getting stronger. He defended himself by serving, he was already teaching a forehand taking advantage of some doubts from Nadal, to shoot the competition after the stomach injury.

Nadal’s crossed backhand passing is 30-0. He lured the Australian into the net with a cut ball. He fell into Hijikata’s trap

15-0 Nadal. Right from Hijikata, who was brave, to hit the aggressiveness.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 3-3

Exceptionally parallel driver from the Australian, both in the race and when he was dominated by Rafa. He changed direction, jumped and hit the ‘aussie’ hard. I play 30.

30-30 When there is an exchange, Nadal point. He immediately pulled to the right to move the rival, which he succeeded in carrying him from one side to the other with sufficient force.

30-15 Hijikata. Rafa has yet to adjust to the rest, in his second game in a month and a half.
He missed Wimbledon until Cincinnati because of a ruptured stomach.

15-15 Rafa Nadal’s wrist balloon to overcome the rise of the rival, who volleyed cushioning the ball. Walking forward, a touch of quality from the Spanish. Class.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 3-2
The turns of serve are comfortable, I play 30 Rafa.

30-15 Nadal, different serve, game. He won’t force it, he will do what he has to do for success to reach him. He will adjust to the demand of the rival, a Grand Slam debutant who in principle should not put him in trouble.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 2-2
Hold the ‘aussie’ with the serve. Four points in a row, game to 30.
He lost to Daniil Medvedev in Los Cabos, a month ago, by 6-4 and 6-3.

30-30 Two good first serves from the Australian, 21 years old and 198 in the world. He made a lot of noise in his country in the lower categories, but it was another thing to make the leap.

Nadal is 0-30, punishing the umpteenth rise at the rival’s net. Brave Australian, he had no choice. Rafa is taller.

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A stream of people enters the track. Willing to serve Hijikata, ready to do so before everyone sits down.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 2-1

I play 15 Nadal. As the first service turns, so does the second
ace close it. And second serve.

15-15
First double sinof Nadal.

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Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 1-1

I play 30 Hijikata, convinced to go to the net as soon as possible.

30-30 Hijikata, serve T. “I wouldn’t be a tennis player if I didn’t believe I had a chance to win,” he said when he learned of the draw.

15-0 Serve, right and volley Hijikata. Very Australian, goes up to the network instantly.

Rafael Nadal – Rinky Hijikata 1-0
Blank game to start.
AND CLOSE TO ACE RAFA.

40-0 Nadal, another good first serve. Good sign after stomach injury.

Nadal is 30-0, two first serves. Speed ​​speed. He has a rookie in front of him, the 198 in the world

Rafael Nadal 0-0 Rinky Hijikata
At the service of Rafa Nadal. The 2019 champion (his fourth title) returns to New York.

Greg AllensworthAmerican, is the chairman of the state seat.

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Nadal won the drawselect to release.

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Rafa Nadal entered the center court, with many empty seats.

The time has come for Rafa Nadal to return to the US Open
Soon you will be called to the center, the
Arthur Ashe Stadium, with a capacity for 29,000 spectators. The largest fixed installation in world tennis.

Day night with Rafa Nadal in New York
He won 35 of 39 matches this year. His last loss was against Croatian Borna Coric in Cincinnati. He reappeared after the stomach injury, without making the most of it so as not to strain himself too much. His goal was always this US Open.

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The opponent in the second round

The best of Nadal-Hijikata crossed against the winner of the duel they played
the Italian Fabio Fognini and the Russian Aslan Karatsevwho won the first set 6-1.

Who is Rinky Hijikata?
21-year-old Australian, world number 198, Grand Slam debutant.
Only three ATP matches: defeated Mexican Rodrigo Pacheco in Los Cabos, lost against Daniil Medvedev. And he surrendered at the start of the year in Melbourne against Maxime Cressy.

His father is a tennis coach.

study on
University of North Carolina.

The fight for world number one
Rafa Nadal is counting on himself to return to the ATP leadership currently held by Daniil Medvedev, who is also defending a title in New York.

Your options are:

– He is US Open champion

– Reached the final and the champion was not Medvedev

– He is in the semifinals and the champion is not Medvedev, Alcaraz or Ruud

– Your result doesn’t matter if none of the other four reach the final

Rafa Nadal began his participation in the US Open in the afternoon session today in New York.
7 local time, one in the morning Spanish peninsular time.

Champion in 2019, he did not play in 2020 due to program changes due to Covid (Roland Garros was played later) and in 2021 he was out of the circuit due to pain in his left foot which was alleviated by the new treatment carried out after Paris , beginning of June.

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Rafa Nadal, undefeated in the Grand Slam
This
19-0 after winning the Australian Open and Roland Garros. He left the semifinals of Wimbledon without competing
Nick Kyrgios due to a tear in the rectus abdominis. Champion of 22 Grand Slam titles. The US Open was the best for him, with four crowns, after an incredible 14 in Paris.

Check out today’s results from day two of the US Open.

Two completely opposite worlds
Rafa Nadal, four-time champion of the tournament, a legend who at 36 years old is looking for his 23rd Grand Slam and world number one, will face the rookie Rinky Hijikata, 21 years old and 198 in the world. It was in the box with the invitation. The United States and Australia exchange ‘wild cards’ for their players in their Open.

Rafa Nadal, one in the morning

Hello, we are starting the live narration of the return of
Rafael Nadal at the US Open, three years later. It will open the night shift in New York, one of the early days of the Spanish. Against an unknown rival, the Australian
Rinky Hijikata. Unpublished rivalry at center, Arthur Ashe Stadium.