Video tennis Nadal – Shapovalov: A dream-like start, upstream of the “great earthquake” (3rd round of Rome Masters)

(Video, tennis results Rafael Nadal – Denis Shapovalov, round 3 of Rome Masters) Shapovalov spent a memorable match against “Clay King” Nadal.

After an easy victory in the second round, Rafael Nadal confidently entered the encounter with Denis Shapovalov, an opponent he won 4/5 times in the past. In the opening set, “King of Clay” showed superiority with 2 break-points and overwhelmingly won 6-1. However, this is only the beginning of the shocking developments that follow.

Shapovalov makes Nadal a spectator at the Rome Masters

Set 2, Shapovalov rose strongly, creating a choking chase with Nadal. At the time of leading 6-5, the Canadian tennis player excellently won a break-point into the game holding the opponent’s decisive serve to close the set with a score of 7-5.

Set 3, Shapovalov hit the better, and Nadal gradually got tired, even showing signs of injury. All the “King of Clay” can do is just break-point in Shapovalov’s first serve game before helplessly watching his opponent reclaim 3 break-points in game 2, game 6 and game 8, through that accepted to hang up the racket with a score of 2-6.

Thus, Nadal’s journey is in Rome Masters officially ended, and Shapovalov advanced to the quarterfinals against 5th seed Casper Ruud.

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