Epic. Historical. Marathoner. In many cases, adjectives are not enough to describe the work he performs. Rafael Nadaleven if he didn’t have the best day, on the tennis court.
And what the Balearic tennis player is looking for in the tournament Bastard ATP 250 (Sweden) then add minutes and accumulate good feelings In order to continue his preparations for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, he achieved it, at best, halfway.
In fact, He even added more playing time than desiredIf so He needed 3:59 hours to beat Argentine Mariano Navone, world number 36, 6-7, 7-5 and 7-5 and entered their first semi-finals since Wimbledon in 2022although on that occasion he was unable to play them (then Kyrgios) due to physical problems.
This afternoon is the second longest of Nadal’s career in three setsthree minutes less than one He played against Novak Djokovic in the ‘semi’ of the M1000 in Madrid in 2009, which ended in victory for the Balearic Islands by 3-6, 7-6 and 7-6, after 4:02 hours.
As for the result, Nadal got the victory, yes, but maybe Sensations are not the best leading up to the upcoming Olympic eventbecause he could not (almost) ever find the desired rhythm in a match marked by breaks: 18 in 36 games.
The match started with three consecutive breaks and a Navone quickly went 1-4 in favor. Nadal breaks back at 6-5but ended up losing in the tie break 7-6 (2).
The second set It started in an unprecedented way for the Balearic Islands (3-0), but this time it was the Argentine who came back (4-5), although he was also unable to take the lead, which he fell to Nadal’s side 7-5.
In the last and final set, Navone started favorably 0-2, but Nadal added five straight games to make it 5-2. and serve to win. don’t understand, Manacorí served on his next two serves (5-5) and needed a new ‘break’ in the next game (6-5) to finish the job on his serve, achieving a blank game to claim victory and a place in the semi-finals, where Croatian awaits you Duje Ajdukovic after defeating Brazilian Thiago Monteiro 6-2, 4-6, 6-4.
Source: La Verdad
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