Mexican Open.The Mallorca native bucked a trend of upsets as all of Daniil Medvedev, Alexander Zverev, Stefanos Tsitsipas, Felix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov all suffered early exits, five of whom occupy the ATP top ten whilst Shapovalov is 13th in the World.
Speaking in his post-match press conference, Nadal was unaware he had achieved such a milestone of 400 Masters 1000 victories, saying “I didn’t know at all about that, but good numbers, of course.
“The match didn’t start the way that I wanted, but I was able to hit a couple of good passing shots in some key moments, and then things started to build a bit better.
“I need to keep improving, of course, but it has been a small improvement today. That’s important because the next round is going to be a very difficult one.”
Hard-hitting Reilly Opelka, known for his near-indomitable serve, will be Nadal’s next opponent after he roared back from a set down to eliminate Shapovalov.
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