21-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal returned from injury following a six-week hiatus with a stress fracture to make his second-lap appearance at the ATP 1000 Madrid Masters on Wednesday in just 1:57 Beating Serbian young player Miomir Kecmanovic in straight sets, he won the first win of his comeback and reached the round of 16. After the game, he and his “first brother” Novak Djokovic went to Bannabe Stadium to watch the second round of the Europa League’s top 4 The event saw the love team Real Madrid beat Manchester City in a dramatic way and reached the final.
The 35-year-old Nadu has won 5 championships in this competition in the motherland’s capital, but the most recent one was in 2017. “King of Muddy” participated in the battle for the 19th time this time. He played as the No. 3 seed and recovered from an injury following one and a half months. After re-starting, the left-handed topspin that he is good at is still powerful. In the first set, he broke the opponent’s serve twice and took the lead 6:1. Although the second set was interrupted by the rain, the experienced players still dominated. In the situation, following the two sides “broken each other” twice, they entered the “tie 7” (the tiebreaker), and finally the “mud king” won the next game with 7:6 (7:4), and will face the third round. Belgian player David Goffin.
As a “die-hard fan” of Real Madrid, Nadu did not delay for a moment following winning the wave. He flew to the Banabe Stadium non-stop to watch Real Madrid and Manchester City’s Europa League top 4 return match, Zugaoyu and Spanish star Arcanas (Carlos Alcaraz) also watched the game in the VIP box. In the end, the “Galaxy Fleet” reversed Manchester City 3:1 following a dramatic overtime, won a total of 6:5 in the two rounds and entered the final, and will compete with Liverpool for the championship.
Nadu is 21-1 so far this season, with only one loss coming in the Indian Wells Masters final to Taylor Fritz of the United States. In other races on the same day, Alexander Zverev of Germany and Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece also made the cut.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Tennis]Nadu Ying’s comeback for the first time with Zu Gaoyu to watch the Europa League to witness Real Madrid enter the final」
