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Tiapo celebrates Nadal’s defeat
[AFP=연합뉴스]
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Nadal took a break with a score of 3-2 in the 4th set.
In the subgame of Tiapo, he took a double break point leading 15-40, but then conceded three points in a row and gave Tiapo the lead.
Tiapo, who gained momentum, broke Nadal’s next subgame by turning rather 4-3, after which he won two more games and finished the match with a score of 6-3, which took 3 hours and 33 minutes.
The defeat deprives Nadal of the possibility of increasing the number of victories in a major single to 23 until 2023.
As for the men’s singles championships in the majors, Nadal took first place with 22 times, followed by Novak Djokovic (Serbia) with 21 and Roger Federer (Switzerland) with 20.
Djokovic and Federer missed the US Open this year.
As Nadal was eliminated in the round of 16, Alkaras and Casper Rood (7th, Norway) also have a better chance of becoming No.
If Alkara and Ruud advance to the finals of this tournament, they will become the new number 1 in the world after the US Open. If neither of them makes it to the final, Nadal will be number one in the world.
The last big event this year, the US Open men’s singles quarter-finals, were Kirios-Karen Khachanov (31st, Russia), Ruud-Mateo Beretini (14th, Italy) and Alkaras-Jannik Sinner ( 13 °, Italy). ), Tiapo and Andrei Rublev (11th, Russia).
Whoever wins will become the first great champion of his life.
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