In Madrid, Rafael Nadal took revenge on the Australian Alex de Minaur for the defeat from 12 days ago in Barcelona! The Spaniard won the 10th favorite of the Masters in Madrid in two sets after 122 minutes of play - 7:6, 6:3.
The clay king showed that his form is on the rise, because in the second round of Barcelona he easily lost to De Minaur, and after winning the tie-break of the first set, the Spaniard played excellently in the second. He didn't allow his rival a single break point, and he took the Australian's serve away twice.
The first at the start of the second set and then in the ninth game. In the first round, Rafa lost only a game to Darwin Blanch, which is not a benchmark because the American is the 1.028th player in the world. Nevertheless, De Minaur belongs to the world top, to which Nadal is returning.
In the round of 16, 512, a player on the ATP list, Nadal should not have any problems in the match with the 91st player from Argentina, Pedro Kacin, who beat the American Francis Tiafoe in three sets (7:6, 3:6, 6:4).
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