Nadal bids farewell to the United Cup with a fresh defeat

Rafael Nadal bid farewell to the United Cup on Monday with a loss. The Balearic tennis player, who had already lost to Cameron Norrie on Saturday in the first point of the Spain-Great Britain match, he was overcome by the push of a great Alex de Minaurwho knew how to stay calm at key moments to win 3-6, 6-1, 7-5 in nearly three hours of play.

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After an even start where both served without too much trouble, Nadal experienced an untimely break (2-3) that seemed to cause a lot of trouble in the first set.

However, the Australian Open champion He immediately committed himself to recover the break in the next game and scored another three games with sensational backcourt play overflowing with a De Minaur who tried everything without success.

Nadal’s celebration continued at the start of the second set, which began with another break, the third in a row. That was how the Australian reacted, making it 1-1 after a very long game in which he had to wait a fourth time to break the Spaniard’s serve.

Also in the fourth De Miñaur’s break came in the fourth game that allowed him to take a lead (3-1) that would ultimately prove decisive. to the luck of the part. A new break confirmed the recital of the player of Spanish origin, who closed an amazing set after saving 0-40 in the seventh game.

The third set was a clean slate. Nadal did not take the blow of a six-game losing streak and he began by winning his serve with solvency, something he repeated in the third game after squandering four break points in the second.

It seemed all was lost for the Spaniard when he lost his serve in a miserable fifth game where he chained a series of unforced errors that De Miñaur, who has been an inspiration all along, did not miss.

But there was still a lot of fabric to be cut and Nadal reacted well to recover the break immediately (3-3). and be first in the next game. Equality was held until 5-5, when the world number 2 again fell victim to his own errors and delivered his serve to white.

De Minaur did not forgive and closed the match (3-6, 6-1, 7-5) with his serve in the next game to make it 1-0 in a completely pointless series with both Spain and Australia already eliminated from the competition.

so, Rafa Nadal bid farewell to the competition, and will not return to the slopes until the start of the Australian Openthe first Grand Slam of the season begins in Melbourne on January 16.

The day will be completed by Nuria Párrizas, who will face Maddison Ingliswhile for Tuesday there will be duels of Paula Badosa against Zoe Hives, Pablo Carreño against Jason Kubler and the mixed doubles which, except for last minute changes, will face David Vega and Jéssica Bouzas with Samantha Stosur and John Peers.