The King of Clay is back!Nadal swept two sets to advance strongly
2022-05-05 09:47:27Source: CCTV
CCTV News: On May 5th, Beijing time, the second round of the 2022 ATP1000 Madrid Masters Men’s Singles will be the focus of the battle. Nadal, who came back from injury, despite the rain interruption in the middle of the game and the opponent’s counterattack in the second set, finally defeated Katzmanovic 6-1/7-6(4) in straight sets, harvesting his comeback. After the good start.
In the first set, Nadal entered the state early, and following holding serve twice in a row, he broke serve in the 4th game, turning the score into 3-1. In the 6th game, Nadal broke serve once more, and successfully secured serve in the subsequent serve-winning game, easily winning the first set 6-1.
As soon as the second set was over, it started to rain and the game was interrupted. After returning to the court, Nadal still controlled the situation and broke serve first in the 5th game, leading 3-2. However, Keczmanovic came back in shape following that, and he broke back in the 6th game to make the score 3-3. After 4 innings, both sides held their respective guarantees. In the 11th game, Nadal broke once more, and in the 12th game, Katzmanovic broke back and the score became 6-6 to enter the tie-break. In the tie-break, the first 8 balls of the two sides were tied 4-4, and Nadal then scored 3 points to win the game.