In the Australian Open men's singles quarterfinals held on the 25th, the 35-year-old Nadal played against the 22-year-old Canadian dark horse Shapovalov, the Spanish king won two sets 6-3, 6-4, and then lost two sets 4-6, 3-6, and the decisive set was 6-3 to defeat the opponent, thrilling to reach the men's singles final four.
Nadal said after the game, "I'm not a 21-year-old anymore... It was great to have two days off after this game. After two days of vacation, he will face No. 7 seed Berrettini from Italy in the men's singles semi-final on the 28th.
In today's game, after Nadal successfully won the first two sets, his injury and physical weaknesses began to appear, Nadal said after the game, "I started to feel very tired in the third set", and in the fourth set, "I felt stomach upset, they checked my body, everything was normal, so they gave me some pills to relieve the pain." I was lucky enough for the fifth set... I know how hard it is to play with a player like Dennis. He was talented and aggressive. His serve was great, especially the second serve. ”
But Shapovalov, who lost the game, was very upset, complaining in the post-match press conference that Nadal was given preferential treatment by the referee during the game, "he was 100% preferential, 100%." Before the start of the second set, Nadal was slow to prepare for the serve, Shapo thought the referee should give a timeout warning, and when this request was rejected by the referee, the fleshy young man lost his cool and shouted at the referee: "You are all corrupt guys!" Shabo explained after the game: "I was ready to serve. The referee said I wasn't ready. In my opinion, this is a joke. ”
Author: Wu Shu
Edit: Gu Miao