On January 25, Beijing time, a 5-set bitter battle, Nadal eliminated Shapovalov from 2-0 to 2-2 to 3-2, the 36th time to advance to the Grand Slam men's singles semifinals, after three years to return to the Australian Open men's singles semifinals, after the game, Nadal also served the old!
Nadal said after the game: "I'm not 21 years old, so it's great to have two days off after a tough game like today. I believe I can prepare for the semi-finals. ”
From a 19-year-old genius to a 35-year-old tennis veteran, Nadal is still passionate and passionate about tennis. However, time flies, from the age of 15 in 2001 to the professional, Nadal has been playing in the world professional tennis for 21 years, winning countless championships, and 20 Grand Slam titles are tied for the first place in history.
Nadal is indeed old, and the King of Spain himself has to admit this! In the past, on the tennis court, Nadal would do his best to chase every return ball, never tired. Today, Nadal will selectively give up some incoming balls, and will also give up strategically at a certain stage of a game to save his physical strength. However, despite this, Nadal is still the god of war!
Serve the old but do not accept defeat! This has become the label of today's "veteran" Nadal. For two consecutive years, in the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals, Nadal fought hard in 5 sets: last year's Australian Open quarterfinals, Nadal won two losses and three were reversed by Tsitsipas; this year, Nadal refused to repeat the tragedy, and after being pulled by Shapovalov in two sets, Nadal resisted the pressure to win the decider.
Now, we must congratulate Rafa, who has reached the final four of the Australian Open for the seventh time and won two more games to win the title, looking forward to the moment when Nadal wins the Australian Open and thus crowns the first person in history with 21 Grand Slams.