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Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 4-4

Good response by rookie Draper before 30-40, the first breaking point of the game. He saved the situation with ease from serving.

Draper advantage. The length of Nadal’s hit.

equal Draper’s first open serve,
save the first break ball.

30-40 BREAK NADAL BALL!!!! Backhand to Draper’s network. hot moment

30-30 Nadal, very quick hunting on Draper’s drop.
FIRST TIME IN SET THAT RECEIVER HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN ONE POINT IN ONE GAME.

30-15 Draper,
fourth Ace, at 202 km/h.

15-0 Draper,
third ace.

Rafael Nadal pointed out that they took a racket he didn’t play with. You need to prepare another looking for an antivibrator.

Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 4-3

I play 15 Nadal, very comfortable with his serve.

40-15 Christmas. The serve dominated the match.

15-0 Christmas. Left where Draper comes in but is sold for Rafa to pass him with a cross right. Spanish tactics and precision.

Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 3-3

I played to 15 Draper, a score that came in all three shifts of his service.

30-0 Draper, very firm in his serve. 21 years old, No. 38 in the world. The British, junior Wimbledon finalist in 2018, is aiming high.

Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 3-2

I play 15 Nadal,
closing in on his second ace.

40-15 Nadal distributes.
17 exchange hitsRafa’s winning cross came inverted right.

15-15 Nadal gives his first point by serving, an error gives his rival the first point remaining after winning nine points in a row.

15-0 SPECTACULAR NADAL!!! How it moved the British from one side to the other. Draper’s defense with power, Nadal’s other side is always ready to strike. Big
Balance 9-0 in points with serve.

Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 2-2

Stick without blinking in English, I play 15. Good server.

30-15 Draper, showing a strong serve as well as decision on the volley.

0-15 Nadal, who arrived like lightning in the rival’s cauldron soon enough to overcome it with a parallel right passing. Accelerating the ball from far below. First many feet and then many dolls. Fireworks Electric at 36 years old.

Rafael Nadal 2-1 Jack Draper

Second blank of the game with Rafa Nadal serve. Loud start. Eager to have good feelings. And at the same time honoring a young rival making his tournament debut.

40-0 Christmas. Draper’s first surge, passing a backhand cross from Rafa,
adding seven points in a row with a serve.

30-0 Nadal, parallel winning reverse. Hit hard.
He complained about the balls, spent immediately making it difficult to place effects. He warned that he should play flatter to get them to move. An example today. A resounding shot.

Nadal is 15-0, five consecutive points on serve.

Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 1-1

I play 15 behind the Briton, showing his delivery potential from his 193-centimeter height. Last year he won four ATP Challenger tournaments, was a semifinalist at Eastbourne and a quarterfinalist at the Montreal Masters 1000.

30-15 Draper. Nadal cut back, winning the point by gaining track immediately. He got in by being aggressive on the rival’s second serve.

30-0 Draper,
first ace

Jack Draper has one of his strong points on serve.
He is 1.93 meters tall.

Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 1-0
Nadal marked the territory from the beginning.
FIRST ACE, PLAY WHITE.

40-0 Nadal, his fist is out when the first forehand is planted that Jack Draper can’t control. He needs achievements to endorse the work he is doing.

15-0 Rafa Nadal’s first effective serve to open his 18th Australian Open against a rookie,
who is playing only his seventh Grand Slam match.

Rafael Nadal – Jack Draper 0-0
The fight is about to begin. In service Rafael Nadal.

The game is ready for its start. The first measured both lefties.

Rafa Nadal and Jack Draper start the warm-up at Rod Laver Arena.

The race for the Grand Slams record
It has it
Rafa Nadal with 22 titles, with Novak Djokovic hot on his heels with 21. The fight, now retired is gone
Roger Federer, continues in Melbourne, from different parts of the painting. They can only be measured in the finals.

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Rafa Nadal, warming up in the corridor between the players’ room and the center of the Rod Laver Arena. With the,
Carlos Moyà, Marc López and Rafa Maymó. The new member of the technical team, Argentine Gustavo Marcaccio, who came in after Francis Roig said goodbye, was at the start of the tour working with the man from Manacor.

different states of shape
Rafa Nadal lost both matches at the United Cup, against Cameron Norrie (6-3, 3-6, 4-6) and Alex de Minaur (6-3, 1-6, 5-7).
They have lost 6 of the last 7 games played counting at the end of the previous year. Jack Draper, a powerful player on the rise at the age of 21, reached the semifinals last week at ATP 2 in Adelaide, where he was defeated by then-champion, South Korean Soonwoo Kwon. This result allowed him to enjoy from now on his best ranking ever: 38th.

An expert versus a novice
This is the eighteenth participation of Rafa Nadal, champion in 2009 and 2022. Jack Draper made his debut in Australia.

Unpublished match between lefties in center
Rafa Nadal, 36 years old and world number 2, will face for the first time the young British Jack Draper, 21 years old and number 38.

In his duels with lefties like himself, the Spaniard has a positive balance of 35-3 in the Grand Slam and 114-17 overall on the professional circuit.

Rafa Nadal begins the defense of the Australian Open, within minutes
Hello, good morning in Spain. We started the live narration of the premiere of
Rafael Nadal at the 2023 Australian Open.

The defending champion opens against the British
Jack Draperleft-handed like him.

Not before 4:30 am Center court Rod Laver is free for the match. In minutes, on the main stage of Melbourne Park.