Nadal’s epic win over Goffin to advance to the quarterfinals, awaits Alcaraz

Rafael Nadal, 35 years old and number 4 in the world, leaves no one indifferent. His figure is accompanied by epic even in the most unexpected moments. He went straight for his fifth win on clay against the Belgian David Goffin, 31 years old and number 60, formerly number 7 now has to go through the preliminary phase. At 6-3 and 5-3 the pass in the quarterfinals of Mutua Madrid is open This seems to have become the routine of the five-time champion.

however, neither of the two ‘match’ points is specified, neither at 5-3 to return nor at 5-4 and serve, and he will be doomed to agony in Manolo Santana Stadium by Magic Box. He suffered so much that he was a foot and a half out of the competition, but he saved four balls against the tiebreak, two with an impressive left path, to give himself a new chance that he was caught for his fourth time.

heroic victory of 6-3, 5-7 and 7-6 (11-9) at 3h.09 ‘ of lust, with more than ten thousand fans on their feet pushing Rafa Nadal towards another of his amazing miracles. It’s in the quarterfinals, this Friday not before 4pm against Carlos Alcaraz or the british cameron norrie. The duel of the Spaniards, pretty close.

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First with the work and grace of Rafa Nadal, the tournament was won despite the fact that he was out of circulation for a month and a half due to a rib injury and did not show his best day. It wasn’t a day of inspiration, but with skill and the unique ability to dispute every point at stake, he was in a position to finish in two sets.

He did not close, as he had already lost the previous day against the Serbian Myomir Kecmanovicand went into a messy mess to manage as the talented Goffin fell for it, growing up showing his big hand for the sport.

Goffin has twice defeated Nadal on the hard court, in a total of six confrontations. He suffered so much in the land of the king of the earth, that he almost hunted his territory. He was on the ropes, snatched the second set in an 0-3 run and scored five straight points in the tiebreak to lead 6-4.

Pressed by the Belgian, Balearic’s fireproof answer. He saved the genius for the release of super champions, with balls against them. The rope tightened. The melodramatic ending ends with a mistake by Goffin, less accustomed to coming out in a battle for the picks.

And not long ago, at the end of January, Rafa Nadal staged an impossible comeback against the Russian Daniel Medvedev to break the Grand Slams record with twenty -one after his second Australian Open.

Nadal accumulated several minutes of filming, “probably too much”, Rafa joked after closing the classification. “You have to accept what is happening, fighting to the end is what I can demand of myself right now after not competing for so long,” he explained, not punishing himself for not finishing in the second set.

“We train to get through bad situations. Without this ability, I would do other things,” said Nadal, heading into the age of 36, hoping to fulfill the fight for the fourteenth. title to Roland Garros.