Aliassime – Nadal tennis video: 4 hours 23 minutes of breathtaking battle (Roland Garros 4th round)

(Video, tennis results Felix Auger-Aliassime – Rafael Nadal, round 4 of Roland Garros) Nadal and junior Aliassime created the most exciting and dramatic match at Roland Garros 2022.

Unexpectedly, Rafael Nadal experienced the most difficult match since the beginning of the tournament against “morning star” Felix Auger-Aliassime, a tennis player mentored by expert Toni Nadal (Nadal’s uncle). With the help of expert Toni, the 9th seed seems to have researched “King of Clay” very carefully and has a strong start.

Subdue Aliassime after 5 sets, Nadal reunites Djokovic in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros

Set 1, Aliassime completely dominated in durable ball situations, and Nadal constantly handled errors. As a result, the Canadian tennis player won 2 break-points (compared to 1 break-point of Nadal), and closed the set with a 6-3 victory.

At this point, Nadal really woke up. Set 2 saw the “King of Clay” rise strongly, saving 2 breaks before breaking the opponent’s serve game to win 6-3 again. In the third set, Nadal continued to show his superiority in experience and class with 2 break-points in games 3 and 7, making Aliassime unable to react, thereby accepting a 2-6 defeat.

It seemed that everything was going smoothly with Nadal in the fourth set, when Aliassime suddenly “made up”. The Canadian tennis player consecutively broke Nadal’s 2 serving games, forcing the “King of Clay” to chase the score. Despite his best efforts, he could not stop Aliassime from winning 6-3, forcing the match to enter the 5th set to decide the winner.

In the decisive set, fierce points between the two players continued to take place. Finally, in the 8th game, Nadal showed his bravery at the right time to win the hinge break point, and also won the decisive game 9 and closed the great battle after 4 hours and 23 minutes.

Winning 3-2 in the end (set score: 3-6, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-3), Rafael Nadal entered the quarterfinals of Roland Garros 2022 against great rival Novak Djokovic.

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