In the second round of the ATP1000 Masters In the men's singles round of the Rome Masters, Nadal played against Isner, and in the end, Nadal won a hearty victory, easily defeating Isner in two straight sets of 6-3 and 6-1 to advance to the round of 16, and Nadal will face Shapovalov in the third round.
The French Open is just around the corner and the Rome Masters is a great warm-up opportunity! In the previous Madrid Masters, Nadal was in poor form and was eliminated by Alcaraz. Roma Masters, No. 3 seed Nadal first-round bye, "American Cannon" Isner won 6-4, 6-3 in the first round, in good shape, but the current is Not enough to pose too much challenge to Nadal, and the two have met in the past 8 times, Nadal has an absolute upper hand in 7 wins and 1 loss. All in all, the difference in strength between the two is relatively large, and Nadal is not too much of a problem in qualifying.
In the first set, the first four innings were two-on-2! Then they each completed a 3-3 draw. In the 7th set, Nadal reversed the break point to complete the 4-3 save, and in the 8th set, Nadal completed the break and led 5-3. In the 9th set, Nadal served to win the set, got three consecutive sets, dropped four straight points to win, 6-3, Nadal won the first set.
In the second set, Nadal came up and broke strongly, then easily saved 2-0, in the third set Isner saved to 1-2, in the 4th set, Nadal saved 3-1 again! In the 5th set, Isner was not in good shape and Nadal broke again to make it 4-1. In the 6th set, Nadal struggled to hold on to a 5-1 lead. In the 7th set, Isner had to save the whole serve, and Nadal broke again, 6-1!
Congratulations to Nadal!