At the beginning of the 2022 season, Rafael Nadal chose to attend the ATP 250 Melbourne Open. This is the tournament that helps players run the momentum for the first Grand Slam of the year to expand. Different from the friendly tournament in the middle of December last year, the King of the Platform played extremely successfully in Australia.
After defeating Emil Ruusuvuori, Nadal was present in the final. Here, his opponent is Maxime Cressy – a player ranked 112 in the world. Despite a little difficulty, Rafa still has a final victory.
Entering Set 1, Cressy played extremely hard. The 24 -year -old player plays fairly with Nadal and creates a chasing chase. Game 12 base, two players mixed 6-6 and were forced to enter a series of tie-break brain weight.
On the gun battle series, Nadal proved more brave. He had 2 mini breaks compared to the opponent and won 8-6 final.
Set 2, Cressy entered better. He was the first breaker of the match when he broke Nadal's serve game right in Game 3. However, the King of the Platform also quickly reclaimed the break right in Game 4.
After the dramatic chase, the turning point of Set 2 in Game 8 when Nadal won the break. Coming to Game 9, he did not make any mistakes to successfully protect his gaming game. Set 2 closed with a 6-3 victory in favor.
In the end, Nadal defeated Cressy with a score of 2-0 (7-6 (6), 6-3) and officially crowned at Melbourne Summer Set 2022. This is the perfect momentum of the Spanish tennis player for Australia to expand.
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