In the men's singles semifinals of the Australian Open, Nadal played against Berrettini. In the first two sets, Nadal won 6-3, 6-2 respectively to take a 2-0 lead. Nadal is getting more and more courageous, and he is only one step away from the final.
In the first set, Nadal broke out at the beginning, breaking the belt to take a 3-0 lead. Berrettini was a bit blindsided, and although he adjusted in time and didn't break again, the problem was that he still couldn't create too many threats in Nadal's serve. After 5-3 Nadal's serve to win the set, Berrettini had forced a 40-40 draw, but unfortunately was saved by Nadal, 6-3 first.
The plot of the second set is almost too similar to the first set, starting with Nadal's 3-0. However, this 3-0, more gold than before, because it was Beretini who started, Nadal broke the opponent's two sets, and the safety cushion was thick enough.
Then in the fourth set, Nadal's serve encountered some challenges, but then came up 40-30 to get the set point, directly cashing in to bring the set score to a 4-0 lead. In his own serve, Nadal was really stable and was able to break early in every set, which was also too comfortable.
In the fifth set, Berrettini saved the serve very easily, you can see Nadal's strategy, anyway, there are already 2 breaks in hand, there is no need to fight with the opponent, save the physical fitness is important. In the sixth set, Nadal cut the melon and cut vegetables to take a 40-0 lead, wasted a set point and successfully saved the serve, and forced the opponent to no way back 5-1.
In the seventh set, 30-30, Berrettini scored two consecutive runs to save. 5-2, Nadal ushered in the serve to win the set, the two sides fought 30-30, the big point came again, Nadal got the set, smoothly saved the serve, won another set 6-2, and led 2-0.