After losing to Novak Djokovic in the semi -finals of Roland Garros, Nadal took a long time to rest. The Spaniard decided not to attend both Wimbledon and the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games.
Towards the crown goal at the last Grand Slam of the year, the US Open, Nadal decided to attend Citi Open 2021. In the US, the King of the Plenozoa has just experienced a very difficult match against the 192th player on the ATP – Jack Sock rankings in the second round.
In the third round, the challenge for Nadal is Lloyd Harris – who is ranked 50 in the world. Recently, the two players have just had a fairly attractive competition on the central yard. The shock came when Nadal was eliminated.
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Entering Set 1, Nadal started quite smoothly when winning the first game. However, Harris also quickly caught up with the match and played to take shredded to the opponent. The turning point came in game 7 when the 24 -year -old player excellently won the break. Following the excitement, he continued to play well in the last games and closed set 1 with a 6-4 victory.
Set Set 2, Nadal is the one who owns the game. Accordingly, the “crew king” just let Harris win a single game. The remaining, he has twice won the break in game 4 and Game 6 and won 6-1 final, thereby leveling the score 1-1.
Coming to Set 3 decisions, the two players continued to bring the audience an attractive chase. Accordingly, Nadal and Harris play to take shredded and then draw 4-4 in game 8. The final stage of the match, Harris proved more effective than the elder. He won game 9, won the break in game 10 to close set 3 with a 6-4 victory.
In the end, Nadal lost 1-2 and officially stopped at Citi Open 2021 in the third round. This is the disappointing start of the Spanish player on the hard ground. However, he still has enough time to find his performance before the US Open.
