The 35-year-old Spanish king Nadal is really a treasure knife, at the beginning of the 2022 New Year's Open, has won 3 consecutive rounds of strong victory, last night he won 3-0 on aggregate (7-6 (14-12)/6-2/6-2) strong defeat of the French veteran Mannarino, advancing to the top 8 of the event, which may be what many Nadal black fans did not expect, because many people think that Natto is old and injured, but the stubborn Natto is so, All the way to the end, the 14th time in his career to advance to the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals, it is gratifying!
Nadal still has the hope of storming the 21st Grand Slam trophy of his career and becoming the first man in history, which is by no means a luxury.
At the Rodrawall Stadium in Australia, Nadal continued his good form in the first two rounds, overcoming injuries and physical weaknesses to face France's veteran Mannarino. Before the game, Nadal had a hunch that the game would not be easy.
After the game began, both tried to keep the ball from conceding the ball in the set, and played until 6:6. Entering the tie-7, Mannarino scored 3-0, but was quickly tied by Nadal. Two people fight fiercely, you come and go, the score alternately rises, desperately biting. Nadal wasted 6 counts and Manarino also wasted 4 counts. After 28 minutes of seven-minute grabs, nadal, who was luckier and more powerful, seized the opportunity to end the marathon tug-of-war 16:14.
After a thrilling first set, Nadal set up his ambitions and his opponents were completely blindfolded. In the next two sets, Manarino never regained his heroic state in the first set. Nadal seized the opportunity to complete the break and made it a 2-0 start. In the fifth set of the second set, Nadal broke again, and after saving his own serve, the Spanish king took a 5-1 lead. After that, both sides saved their own serves, and Nadal went to the next city 6:2!
In the third set, Mannarino was still in a slump and could only make a desperate bet. Nadal broke in the first set and quickly led 5-2. Despite Manarino's stubborn resistance, he could not resist the advance of the Spanish king. The game went to the eighth set of the third set, Nadal ushered in his own serve to win the game, the Spanish king did not waste the opportunity to successfully save the serve, and finally defeated the opponent 6:2, the total score of 3:0 killed Manarino, successfully reached the quarterfinals.
After the game, Nadal also said that the seven-time grab was quite crazy. The Spanish king said: "His ball is fast and the serve is difficult to judge. I knew when I came on the pitch that this game was going to be tough. It was a valuable win, especially to win the first set. I carried those tough moments in the first set, so it was a very important win for me. ”
Nadal will face 22-year-old Canada's dark horse Shapovalov in the quarter-finals. Shapovalov's unexpected three-set defeat of The No. 3 seed and one of the favourites to win the title, Germany's Zverev, was a surprise and was sure to challenge Nadal.
After Zverev was eliminated, No. 6 seed Nadal became the world's highest-ranked player in the top half. The Spanish king is the 2009 Australian Open champion, and has also reached the Australian Open final five times, he and Djokovic, Federer won 20 Grand Slam titles, this year's Australian Open, missing Djokovic and Federer two fierce rivals, will be his perfect opportunity to impact 21 Grand Slams.
All along, the big three have been eager to be the first to realize the dream of 21 Grand Slams, but there has been a stalemate, no one has taken the lead in breaking through, originally Xiaode was the most promising hot spot, and as a result, there was an accident and was deported. Then Nadal's path to victory is much easier. At present, only a figure like Medvedev, the world's top master, may pose a threat to Nadal, of course, the emergence of some dark horses may also block Natto's way.
Therefore, the probability of winning the championship is still not small, as long as natto is serious enough, the physical strength is acceptable, the injury does not recur, and the luck is better, then the dream of impacting the 21st Grand Slam is not a luxury, at least it is worth looking forward to. What do you say? 【Text/Fighting Jianghu】