Post by account_disabled on Jan 10, 2024 3:01:54 GMT -6
The Australian Alex de Minaur was not an enemy for the Spanish Rafael Nadal, who by beating him 6-1, 6-2, and 6-4 in two hours and two minutes, qualified for the round of 16 of the Wimbledon tournament, and thus ensuring his continuity at the top of the world rankings when the new lists come out on Monday, July 16.
With 31 degrees, and both players using ice towels to cool their shoulders and necks, and with golfer Sergio García, champion of the Augusta Masters last year, and the legendary Rod Laver among the guests in the box, Nadal demonstrated his power over a rival, who at 19 years old, is showing signs of success, but who is still far from harming the Spanish left-hander.
The match recalled the great exhibition that a year Binance App Users Data ago, and on the same center court, Nadal provided by defeating the Russian Karen Khachanov (6-1 6-4 7-6 (3), a victory with which he then faced with high hopes his duel with the Luxembourger Gilles Muller, his executioner in the round of 16.
Despite Nadal's obvious superiority, the Australian Lleyton Hewitt, Davis Cup captain of the 'Aussie' team, did not lose hope in De Miñaur, finalist of the junior tournament in 2016 and whom he advises.
Lleyton clenched his fists when the player with a Uruguayan father and a Spanish mother, coached by the Spanish Adolfo Gutiérrez, lost the first set in 33 minutes, with two breaks of serve, while Rafa kept his serve intact.
But the man from Manacor played at will, commanding with his right, serving effectively and punishing the young man from Sydney with dizzying speed, which De Minaur still cannot control. Like him, the Aussie couldn't handle Nadal's spectacular Great Willy (hit between the legs) that fell from the sky and to which Alex couldn't respond.
His box, with his manager Carlos Costa, his physio Rafael Maymó and his Wimbledon coach, Francis Roig, reflected the calmness that Nadal exuded on the court, unperturbed, even when he slipped and fell to the ground in the third set.
It was in that round, when De Minaur, freer from the pressure, showed on the center the game that has made him appear as a young promise. She forced Nadal into more exchanges, passed him on the side on several occasions and even raised a match point. But he couldn't with the second, in a duel at the net that Nadal saved in extremis.
With 31 degrees, and both players using ice towels to cool their shoulders and necks, and with golfer Sergio García, champion of the Augusta Masters last year, and the legendary Rod Laver among the guests in the box, Nadal demonstrated his power over a rival, who at 19 years old, is showing signs of success, but who is still far from harming the Spanish left-hander.
The match recalled the great exhibition that a year Binance App Users Data ago, and on the same center court, Nadal provided by defeating the Russian Karen Khachanov (6-1 6-4 7-6 (3), a victory with which he then faced with high hopes his duel with the Luxembourger Gilles Muller, his executioner in the round of 16.
Despite Nadal's obvious superiority, the Australian Lleyton Hewitt, Davis Cup captain of the 'Aussie' team, did not lose hope in De Miñaur, finalist of the junior tournament in 2016 and whom he advises.
Lleyton clenched his fists when the player with a Uruguayan father and a Spanish mother, coached by the Spanish Adolfo Gutiérrez, lost the first set in 33 minutes, with two breaks of serve, while Rafa kept his serve intact.
But the man from Manacor played at will, commanding with his right, serving effectively and punishing the young man from Sydney with dizzying speed, which De Minaur still cannot control. Like him, the Aussie couldn't handle Nadal's spectacular Great Willy (hit between the legs) that fell from the sky and to which Alex couldn't respond.
His box, with his manager Carlos Costa, his physio Rafael Maymó and his Wimbledon coach, Francis Roig, reflected the calmness that Nadal exuded on the court, unperturbed, even when he slipped and fell to the ground in the third set.
It was in that round, when De Minaur, freer from the pressure, showed on the center the game that has made him appear as a young promise. She forced Nadal into more exchanges, passed him on the side on several occasions and even raised a match point. But he couldn't with the second, in a duel at the net that Nadal saved in extremis.