In Rome, on the red earth, Rafa Nadal he won 10 times. A lucky tournament like the Roland Garros, although this year the Spaniard entered the draw thanks to the protected ranking and was forced to play the first round, which he experienced against the Belgian Zizou Bergs, so named by his father, a great fan of Zinedine Zidane. The meeting ended at third set with Nadal’s final 6-4 (4-6 6-3 the other two), who he will now challenge Hubert Hurkacz in the second round.
On Thursday, at least, he can say he accomplished a applause shot. He did it by falling but continuing to play in a fantastic way, playing a short ball before the point. During the match, Nadal immediately started well with a break, before Bergs got back on track and at the end of the first set created the decisive break for the final 6-4. At the start of the second set, however, Nadal has grown in pace after being a little tense in the first. In the meantime, the match was suspended because the Spaniard noticed that a spectator was ill. Long stop and when we restarted Nadal accelerated, made the break and maintained it, winning 6-3.
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All before third set, more competitive, where Rafa performed the sensational point in the fall, getting up on the fly. After a break, he could have made another for the momentary 4-1 in the games, he risked having found himself 0-40 in the next game and canceled the three break points, remaining ahead and closing after almost three hours of play for 4-6 6 -3 6-4.
