On November 3, the Paris Masters ended a highlight battle in the second round, and as a result, 22-time Grand Slam winner Nadal was in poor form and was defeated by the unknown American Tommy Paul, and suffered an embarrassing round. At this point, Nadal's three records set at the Paris Masters are all over!
Although Nadal has played in the Paris Masters eight times before, he has never won the tournament, although he has reached the semifinals four times. Nadal also holds three stats at the Paris Masters: never lost before the quarterfinals, won all 17 games after winning the first set, and dragged into the tiebreaker with 7-0. But these three stats, after yesterday's loss to Paul, are all a thing of the past.
The good form of the opening game is based on the support of abundant physical energy, the failure to solve the battle in two sets, the disadvantages of insufficient preparation are immediately highlighted in the tiebreaker, Nadal, who began to fight early, even if he can fight a forehand to win points at the break point, seems to be unable to reverse the disadvantage of "the building will fall".
After Federer's emotional retirement ceremony and the emotional fluctuations of being a father for the first time, Nadal still needs time to digest, and he still needs to accumulate matches, but the Paris Masters is not the best training ground, and the Turin Finals where the top eight masters gather, whether to continue to participate as planned, Nadal and the team have to weigh it up.
It is worth mentioning that with Nadal's premature exit, another giant Djokovic must be very comfortable, because in the case of Federer's retirement, Federer has properly sat in the third position in the world, and at the moment only Deyo can compete with Nadal for the throne of GOAT, and the number of Masters titles also affects the historical status of the competition, Nadal will definitely seize this opportunity after being out early, Deyo will definitely seize this opportunity and "play" wildly.