The Australian tennis player beat Manacor in two sets (5-7, 1-6)
17 abr 2024 . Updated at 7:18 p.m.
Alex de Miaur was too much for Rafa Nadal in Barcelona. The Australian ended the Spaniard’s return to the courts (7-5 and 6-1) in the round of 16 of the Conde de God. He gave a good impression to Nadal, with a competent first set, but It was not enough against a tennis player among the fifteen best in the world and that this season he has played thirty games. For Nadal, this was only the second.
And many, before the match, wondered if Nadalera was the favorite, given De Miaur’s limited background on the surface. The Australian, despite his origins in Alicante, He has only won 22 matches on clay at the ATP level In his sporting career, Nadal, for his part, has won 535. The difference was abysmal, but De Miaur’s greater pace prevailed.
Nadal came out somewhat uncomfortable, giving up his first serve with a couple of unusual backhand errors, a shot that he refined as the minutes went by and that gave him the best winning shots. It took them 25 minutes to win a game, but the Balearic Islands recovered from a 3-1 deficit and turned it into a 3-4 that could have changed the match. He had a break ball for 3-5, well deactivated by De Miaur, who waited for his opportunity while passing ball after ball. This is the Australian’s best weapon, who does not have great winning shots, but has the ability to run from side to side for minutes. Not in vain, he is one of the fastest tennis players on the circuit. That, against a Nadalan far from his best level, is deadly. At 5-5, he played a service game that cannot be allowed in these circumstances. He made four mistakes and let his serve goleaving the set on a plate to an unforgiving De Miaur.
The Australian hasn’t played much against him Big Three: just one defeat in his only match with Roger Federer, three defeats and one victory against Nadal, and two defeats and one victory against Novak Djokovic. The opportunity to achieve his third victory against one of the members of the most important trident in the history of tennis was there and I didn’t let her escape.
Deflated
In the second set, with Nadal deflated after giving everything in an hour-long set, From Miaur ajustici to the Balearic Islands, whose brakes were noticed in the service. The Australian had breaking balls on all of the Spaniard’s serves. He broke it three out of four times and took the set 6-1. Since 2011,Nadalsolo has lost five sets on clay because of this result.
In his entire career it had only happened ten times. I just want to thank Nadal for everything he has done.said De Miaur after the match, after the Spaniard received a tremendous ovation from the stands as a farewell to what may be his last match on the court that bears his name.
Now Nadal trying to get to Madrid, which begins next Wednesday and which may be your penultimate touchstone before Roland Garros. After Madrid, arrive Rome.
Filed in: Rafa Nadal Tennis
2024-04-17 16:17:00
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