Balearic tennis player fell to Tiafoe 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3, ending 22 consecutive Grand Slam victories
Rafa Nadal said goodbye to his participation in the US Open this Monday. The Balearic tennis player fell in four sets against Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 and 6-3 in a match in which he could never cope with his rival’s physical push and in the one who only hit the target twice. break scoreboard. The tennis player from Manacor, who did not arrive in the best conditions for the North American tour, thus ends the string of 22 consecutive victories he achieved in Grand Slam and remains virtually number 1 pending what Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud can do in the rest of the tournament.
The match was torture for Nadal and it was from the first set. The Manacor tennis player went to the largest central field in the world with the aim of bringing the duel to his court and found himself facing a player who is going through one of the best moments of his career. “I’m going for him,” Tiafoe said in qualifying, confident after not losing a single set to Giron, Kubler and Schwartzman. Said and done. The American clung to his service, sometimes 135 miles per hour, and started a festival of cannon shots that certainly caused more than one stiff neck in the stands. Nadal endured three games clinging to his serve until he handed in an even break that was decisive for his rival to take the first set.
By this time, Rafa Nadal was already shaking his head at Tiafoe’s physical exuberance. He had to find solutions to change the dynamics of the match and he had to do it on the run, running back and forth in front of a player who was determined to squeeze in the moment and outrun the male tennis player with the most Grand Slam. in history. It was then that Nadal brought the tranquility that can only be achieved through experience. He won his serve and waited for the key moment to annoy his rival and tie the duel in the last piece of the piece. He did it in the only loophole he found to draw a 4-6 that predicted the best version of Rafa had already landed on the track.
That great tennis player, the one with the big dates, was closer, but he had no rival who wasn’t willing to take his foot off the accelerator. More than two hours into the game, Tiafoe was still reliable in the serve, flawless on the backhand and hadn’t slowed one iota in his top speed. That fizz, typical of a 24-year-old player, was uphill for a Nadal who couldn’t match that pace, who succumbed 6-4 in a third set in which he couldn’t stop the American player’s bleeding at any point. through the service. That hole – with an average of four aces per part – was a constant and guided the Spaniard from the beginning to the end of the game.
Already in the fourth set, Tiafoe had managed to completely wear out Nadal. Not even after a first break that foreshadowed the Spaniard’s reaction, the American did not hesitate for a moment. He returned that break, showing that the match was his and giving hope to a crowd, the Americans, who haven’t seen a compatriot win the men’s singles since Andy Roddick in 2003. Tiafoe is now a contender for the title after an exhibition of strength and talent against a player who has racked up 22 consecutive Grand Slam victories between the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
Source: La Verdad
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