Post by mesi10 on Jan 11, 2024 4:20:56 GMT -5
The Spanish Rafael Nadal won the 1,000 Masters in Rome this Sunday for the eighth time in his career, defeating the German Alexander Zverev, world number 3 and defending champion, 6-1, 1-6 and 6-3 in a final. epic that was interrupted twice by rain.
Nadal, recent champion in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, won his 32nd Masters 1,000 title, the 78th of his career, and will also regain first position in the world ranking this Monday, after it was taken from him this week by the Swiss Roger Federer.
The Mallorcan, who won his first title at the Foro Italico at the age of 18 in 2005, emerged victorious after a battle of two hours and nine minutes, in which he managed to recover from a 3-1 deficit in the last decisive set.
Nadal, the best player in the history of tennis on clay with 408 wins and 36 defeats, was crowned again at the Foro Italico five years after the last time (2013) and, with his 32nd Masters 1,000 title, he surpasses the Serbian Novak Djokovic
Rafa's character was unstoppable at the Binance App Users Data moment of greatest need, and after jumping onto the field after the rain, the Spaniard chained a devastating 5-0
This Sunday's final pitted the two most in-form players at the moment, with Nadal arriving after winning 16 of the last 17 matches, and Zverev who had thirteen consecutive victories, with triumphs in Munich and the Mutua Madrid Open.
The Mallorcan entered this match after defeating Djokovic in the semifinal and adding his 25th victory in 51 previous matches with the Serbian, while Zverev had just eliminated the Croatian Marin Cilic, after an intense two-hour battle.
The duel began with a break in favor of Zverev in the first game, but Rafa's reaction was immediate and forceful, with a set of six consecutive games that allowed the Spaniard to deliver a coup d'état and win the set 6-1.
However, the dynamics of the match changed radically in the second set, in which the Hamburg player returned Nadal's lead to 6-1 in 39 minutes to force the decisive set.
Zverev managed to put the momentum of the match in his favor and also took advantage of a break in the third set, at 3-1, before the rain broke on the court; The players continued competing for half an hour, but the duel ended up being suspended.
There were two suspensions. The first lasted eleven minutes and, after the players jumped onto the field to try to continue and play a game, another interruption came, this time lasting forty-five minutes.
Nadal, recent champion in Monte Carlo and Barcelona, won his 32nd Masters 1,000 title, the 78th of his career, and will also regain first position in the world ranking this Monday, after it was taken from him this week by the Swiss Roger Federer.
The Mallorcan, who won his first title at the Foro Italico at the age of 18 in 2005, emerged victorious after a battle of two hours and nine minutes, in which he managed to recover from a 3-1 deficit in the last decisive set.
Nadal, the best player in the history of tennis on clay with 408 wins and 36 defeats, was crowned again at the Foro Italico five years after the last time (2013) and, with his 32nd Masters 1,000 title, he surpasses the Serbian Novak Djokovic
Rafa's character was unstoppable at the Binance App Users Data moment of greatest need, and after jumping onto the field after the rain, the Spaniard chained a devastating 5-0
This Sunday's final pitted the two most in-form players at the moment, with Nadal arriving after winning 16 of the last 17 matches, and Zverev who had thirteen consecutive victories, with triumphs in Munich and the Mutua Madrid Open.
The Mallorcan entered this match after defeating Djokovic in the semifinal and adding his 25th victory in 51 previous matches with the Serbian, while Zverev had just eliminated the Croatian Marin Cilic, after an intense two-hour battle.
The duel began with a break in favor of Zverev in the first game, but Rafa's reaction was immediate and forceful, with a set of six consecutive games that allowed the Spaniard to deliver a coup d'état and win the set 6-1.
However, the dynamics of the match changed radically in the second set, in which the Hamburg player returned Nadal's lead to 6-1 in 39 minutes to force the decisive set.
Zverev managed to put the momentum of the match in his favor and also took advantage of a break in the third set, at 3-1, before the rain broke on the court; The players continued competing for half an hour, but the duel ended up being suspended.
There were two suspensions. The first lasted eleven minutes and, after the players jumped onto the field to try to continue and play a game, another interruption came, this time lasting forty-five minutes.