On January 25, Beijing time, the 2022 Australian Open began to compete for the singles quarterfinals, and the 20-time Grand Slam champion Nadal defeated the 14th seed Shapovalov in five sets of 6-3/6-4/4-6/3-6/6-3, the whole match took 4 hours and 8 minutes, which was the 36th time in the career of the Spanish king to reach the final four of the Grand Slam, and his opponent in the semi-finals will be between Monfils and Beretini.
Nadal
The two quickly got into shape at the start of the game, and after the two sides saved their own serves in the first three sets, Shapovalov tried to improve his offensive firepower in the fourth set, but made a series of mistakes at the forehand end, and Nadal took the lead to take a 3-1 lead. Nadal then stabilized in the set and secured the break advantage before taking the next set 6-3. In the second set, Shapovalov tried to find opportunities in Nadal's serve, the two sides fought in the sixth set, although Shapovalov forced the score to equalize many times, Nadal still stubbornly saved the serve, and the Canadian junior in the next set of his own focus declined, and then suffered a break, Nadal took advantage of this break to win the second set 6-4.
Shapovalov
The game entered the third set, with Shapovalov serving first, the two sides saved their own serves in the first nine sets, and came to Nadal's indispensable serve, the Spaniards had a series of batting mistakes and double errors, And Shapovalov completed a key break at the end of the set to win a set 6-4. Nadal was unwell in the fourth set and applied for a medical timeout in the set, and Shapovalov took advantage of a key break in the fourth set to make the score 2-2 draw at 6-3. Entering the tiebreaker, Nadal regained his muscles after adjustments, while Shapovalov made a series of mistakes in his first serve, the Spaniard broke, and then Nadal saved two break points in the third set to extend the advantage to 3-0. After that, the score alternated upwards to Nadal's serve to win the game, and the Spaniard won strongly, 6-3 to win the decider, and was able to seal the victory.
(Text, Editor/Faye Wong, Photo/Visual China)