The Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat the Frenchman Adrian Mannarino this Sunday (23) after a tie-break of 28 minutes and will play the quarter-finals of the Australian Open against the Canadian Denis Shapovalov.
The 20-time Grand Slam champion needed all his experience and determination to beat the Frenchman 7-6 (16/14), 6-2, 6-2 at Rod Laver Arena and advance to the knockout stages .
Nadal, seeded sixth, will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov (N.14) in the quarter-finals, who beat German Alexander Zverev (N.3) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6- 3.
“I had a bit of luck at the end of the tie-break, I had my chances, but he also had a lot,” Nadal commented on his match against Mannarino which lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. minutes.
“I’m very happy to have survived that first set, no doubt about it,” he said, adding that getting a quick break in the second set was “very important” in the final leg to victory.
It’s the fourteenth time the 35-year-old Spanish tennis player has reached the quarter-finals in his seventeenth appearance in Melbourne.
Nadal is aiming to win his record 21st Grand Slam after a 2021 season marred by a chronic foot injury and Covid-19.
On the women’s side, the Spaniard Paula Badosa fell to the American Madison Keys, in a duel between two of the best prepared players of the season.
In turn, the world number one, the Australian Ashleigh Barty, exceeded the round of 16 by beating the American Amanda Anisimova (60th in the world), by 6-4, 6-3.
The 25-year-old Australian will try to reach the semi-finals on Tuesday against another American, Jessica Pegula (21st), who beat Greece’s Maria Sakkari (8th) 7-6 (7/0) and 6-3 on Sunday .
— Results of this Sunday’s Australian Open in Melbourne:
. Men’s singles (4th phase):
Denis Shapovalov (CAN / N.14) against Alexander Zverev (ALM / N.3) 6-3, 7-6 (7/5), 6-3
Rafael Nadal (ESP/N.6) defeated Adrian Mannarino (FRA) 7-6 (16/14), 6-2, 6-2
. Ladies’ singles (4th stage):
Jessica Pegula (USA/N.21) beat Maria Sakkari (GRE/N.5) 7-6 (7/0), 6-3
Barbora Krejcikova (CZE/N.4) Victoria Azarenka (BLR/N.24) 6-2, 6-2
Madison Keys (USA) beat Paula Badosa (ESP/N.8) 6-3, 6-1
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