The Spanish Rafael Nadal He won this Thursday, in the first round of the Rome Masters 1,000, the Belgian Zizou Bergsto which he had to come back after losing the first set (4-6, 6-3 and 6-4).
Nadaltop champion on the Italian clay court, which he has won 10 times, received the support of all the Italian fans to gain the hard-fought access to the second round, in which he will face the Pole Hubert Hurkaczseventh favorite of the tournament.
The Spanish tennis player returned to Roma and he did it with a hard-fought victory against the Belgian Zizou Bergsto whom he had to come back after losing the first set (4-6, 6-3 and 6-4), in an intense battle that lasted almost 3 hours and that allowed the Spaniard to access the second round, in which he will be measured to polish Hubert Hurkaczseventh favorite in the draw.
In their first confrontation in what is their nineteenth participation of Nadal on the center court of the Foro Italico, which he had not set foot in for 728 days, Mountain put the tennis player on the ropes Manacorwho already warned that, despite being happy with his current state, despite enjoying tennis and playing his third tournament in a row, he suffers certain moments of difficulty.
titanic effort
And it was demonstrated in a match that once would have been a formality, but that after the first games once again became uncertainty and a titanic effort. Because after a solid start from the winner of 22 Grand Slam, who took a 3-1 lead in the first set, the first problems came. Irregular in the long points, unwise at some important moment, he gave up his serve as soon as he broke his rival’s and succumbed in the challenge by doing the same with a tie at 4.
Zizou Bergs, 24 years old, from the previous phase, has a curious story. He is called that because her parents had the Frenchman as their idol. Zinedine Zidanenicknamed ‘Zizou‘. But it doesn’t stop there, because the player was born on June 3, precisely the same day Nadal; yes, years later. A tennis player unknown to many, a kind of “newbie” on the circuit who put the maximum champion in trouble at the Foro Italico, the favorite of the Romans, who provided him with unconditional support throughout the match.
The “newbie” is because he is not a regular on the circuit ATP. In fact he has never won in a 1,000 Masters. But he has a good record in the lower divisions of tennis, in which he has won 8 titles.”Challenger” and 4 ITF. It was her first duel with Nadalthe greatest champion in Roma with 10 titles, and wanted to surprise. He provided competition, intensity, surprise in the first set and good points. But Rafa logic ended up imposing. EFE
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