On November 3, the Paris Masters broke out its biggest upset since the start of the tournament, and Spanish tennis king Nadal made his Paris debut this season with a first-round loss, but he failed to turn his advantage into a victory after successfully winning the first set, losing to 25-year-old Paul of the United States 6-4, 6-7, 1-6.
The game took a total of 2 hours and 32 minutes, from the perspective of the game process, Nadal's physical reserve is obviously insufficient, and he can kill Paul when his physical ability allows, but as the game deepens, his physical fitness begins to drop sharply after a long time, and it completely collapses in the tiebreaker, and he is broken by the other party for multiple serves in a row, indicating that Nadal's state has not adjusted well.
Although they are both in Paris, the French Open and the Paris Masters are almost worlds apart for Nadal, and he can win 14 Musketeers Cups at Roland Garros, but they are always at odds with the Paris city tournament. After the match, the unknown Paul said the match could be the greatest victory of his career and the fifth time in his life that he would beat the world's top 5 and face Spain's Busta in the next round.
It is worth mentioning that Nadal had the opportunity to regain the throne of the world number one with the Paris Masters, but with his tragic round, the possibility of surpassing Alcaraz in Paris has become 0, but it is gratifying that Nadal has not given up and is still planning to participate in the Turin finals: "Yes, I hope to participate in the Turin finals, if the process does not change, I will participate." After a good season, I have nothing to lose, I need to play more, I haven't played much at ATP this year, most of the time is practice, I will try to play more games. ”