Nadal melts before Zverev and says goodbye to the Mutua Madrid Open

The Mutua Madrid Open is left without Spanish representation, after the elimination of the great idol of the fans and great favorite to victory. Rafael Nadal did not find himself in his quarter-final match against Alexander Zverev and said goodbye (6-4, 6-4), fairly and irremediably, to the Madrid tournament. Rafa started well, solid and confident in his strategy, but a failure when he had everything in his favor in the first round slowed him down and ended up being the key to confirming his elimination minutes later against a huge Zverev. of a tennis player of Rafa’s caliber, he scored just after breaking up in the first set, with a 4-2 that made us think of very positive things for the game. That right, glued to the net and that ended up in the hallway, resulted in a counter break that gave Sascha the necessary impulse to get into the game and turn the tables. The stands pushed Nadal at every point, but Zverev’s service and groundstrokes were too much for a blurred Rafa, who could do nothing to compete and avoid a 4-0 partial from the German, who scored the first set without any kind of crack beyond the Found before the turning point of the match, Rafael was proud to score the opening game in the second set, but his tennis seemed to have abandoned him. The height of Madrid, despite being clay, does not finish entering the game of the Balearic Islands, while rivals like Zverev do allow their balls to run at meteoric speed. Sascha did not suffer the least with his serve and instead, he did wreak havoc with Nadal’s. The break was about to fall and with its confirmation, the situation became the limit for the five-time champion in the Spanish capital.Zverev flies towards the semifinals The remains of the Spaniard, practically on the baseline, were the result of his mood and Zverev’s topspin bombs, which took advantage of the ground-height combination of the Caja Mágica center to launch into an impossible aerial adventure. control for Nadal. The serve was Alexander’s limited territory, which added sensations similar to those of 2018, in which he did not give his rivals a choice until he won the tournament dominating with an iron fist. The efforts existed, but did not weigh on the scoreboard, with a Rafa affected by the weather, the track and what happened in the first set, and a stable Zverev as almost never and talented as almost always. This mix, spiced up by an intimidating serve, gave him the pass to the semifinals and fired Nadal, one more year, before time from the Caja Mágica.