Nadal heads straight to the Brisbane quarters

MADRID, 4 Ene. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Spanish tennis player Rafa Nadal continued this Thursday with his good feelings on his return to the courts and qualified for the quarterfinals of the Brisbane tournament (Australia), scoring for the ATP and which is played on hard courts, after defeating the Australian Jason Kubler in two sets 6-1, 6-2.

The Spaniard once again offered a good image in his second match after almost a year of absence, much more comfortable than last Tuesday against the Austrian Dominic Thiem and controlled very comfortably by the champion of 22 ‘Grand Slams’, who continues to take trust.

The man from Manacor only needed a little more than an hour and 20 minutes to get rid of a rival, who put up a little more resistance in the second round and who also seemed to play with some physical problem in his right leg and for which he had to be treated in a couple of occasions. In any case, Nadal seemed loose in his strokes and very confident with a serve, with which he barely lost points, ten, four with the first serve, and with his game from the back of the court.

The start of the match was overwhelming for the Spaniard, who took a 3-0 lead, giving up only one point, a double fault. Kubler tried to shake off his nerves, but it only served to avoid a ‘donut’ against an opponent who rose from 0-40 to close the first set.

In the second, which began with a ‘warning’ for the Balearic player for consuming his time to go to the toilet, the former world number one had a little more emotion because, despite breaking again at the first change and with a blank, Kubler He held up better and even had a break option to equalize. He did not take advantage of it and Nadal has already accelerated towards his first quarterfinal since Wimbledon 2022 and where he will face another Australian this Friday, Jordan Thompson, whom he has beaten in their two previous meetings.

2024-01-04 10:19:21
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