The Balearics beat the Dutchman Van de Zandschulp in three sets and the passage to the quarterfinals is played against Augger-Aliassime, student of Toni Nadal
Rafa Nadal is already in the round of 16 at Roland Garros. The Balearic player boosted his self-esteem this Friday by beating Dutchman Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 in the third round to continue his way to what would become his fourteenth title at the Paris Grand Slam. . After easily beating the number 29 in the world, Nadal will battle for a place in the quarter-finals on Sunday against Canadian Felix Augger-Aliassime, student of Toni Nadal, uncle of the tennis player from Manacor, who has so far not conceded in the tournament. a single set and took just two hours and 10 minutes to beat Van de Zandschulp.
Novak Djokovic also reached the round of 16 this Friday, beating Slovenian Aljak Bedene 6-3, 6-3, 6-2, before Nadal offered another lesson in solidity against Van de Zandschulp, victim of the 21-time champion of Grand Slam, who runs as a regular step in his favorite country and goes from less to more. If Nadal and Djokovic live up to the predictions on Sunday – the Serb will play against the Argentinian Diego Schwartzman – then both will meet in the quarterfinals. Nadal signed his third-round victory number 301 in Grand Slam tournaments and already has 108 wins and only three defeats in the ‘big’ in the French capital.
“I played a good game against a tough rival,” Nadal congratulated himself after setting a new record as the Manacor man won 23 games in a row, serving an opponent who, despite standing up in the last round, never had options. had against the former number one in the world, who has forgotten his chronic foot injury in the French capital for the time being. Although Van de Zadschulp showed off a punch and started breaking the Spaniard’s serve, the Dutchman would not win a single point with Nadal’s service in the first set. From then on, the duel remained a monologue by Nadal in the Suzanne Lenglen, with Zinedide Zidane among the spectators of such an unbalanced encounter.
Just as Jordan Thompson and Corentin Moutet failed to snag a set from Nadal before, the Dutchman was unable to break the momentum in Nadal’s best game this edition, waiting for bigger obstacles, such as the huge challenge that awaited him on their way to the top. semi finals. With total solvency, Nadal qualified for the round of 16 at Roland Garros for the seventeenth time in eighteen editions, taking it with 87% on his first serve, 54% on the second and just 13 unforced errors, compared to 31 in his first serve. rival.
On Sunday he awaits Augger-Aliassime, who defeated Nadal the only time they faced each other so far, 6-3 and 6-3 at the Masters 1,000 in Madrid in 2019. The Canadian also had to struggle and suffer this Friday. for three hours against the Serbian Filip Krajinovic, which he won 7-6 (5), 6-2, 5-7 and 6-1. Djokovic is also making steady progress in the same part of the draw, having not lost a set in the tournament so far, nor has he shown any signs of weakness.
Source: La Verdad
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