Rafael Nadal continued the journey to conquer the title after winning the Australian Open 2022 to become the player who owns the most Grand Slam titles. This time, he attended the Acapulco (Mexico expansion).
The opponent in the first round of Rafael Nadal is Denis Kudla, 100th in the world. With superior class, Nadal easily ended the match after only nearly 1 and a half hours. The first set of Nadal lowered the opponent 6-3 and set 2 closed after 39 minutes with a 6-2 victory for “King Grand Slam”.
With the last victory, he had his best starting match in a ATP Tour season with a score of 11-0. In this sublimation circuit, there are 6 victories from Australian Open, which helped him go into history as the player who won the most Grand Slam.
Besides, there are 4 matches in the expanded Australian Money Tournament, Melbourne Summer Set. Nadal also won 11 consecutive matches in the beginning of the 2014 season, before losing to Stan Wawrinka in the 2014 Australian Open final.
Nadal spoke after the easy victory in the Mexican tournament: “It was a positive performance. I think I started playing well, an impressive victory in consecutive sets. It was always very good when it added confidence.
I think I played a very sure match today. Of course, there are some things that I can do better, but overall, I played well so I could not complain about this performance. “
Winning 2-0 quickly, Rafael Nadal enrolled in the second round and his next opponent was Stefan Kozlov, 130 ATP.
