Nadal stunned by Zverev in Madrid to cast cloud over Roland Garros bid | Malay Mail

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MADRID, May 7 — Rafael Nadal lost 6-4, 6-4 to Germany’s Alexander Zverev in the Madrid Open quarter-finals today, casting doubts over the Spaniard’s form ahead of this month’s French Open.  Nadal has now fallen early in two clay-court Masters tournaments ahead of the Grand Slam in...

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Even in Barcelona, however, Nadal needed to save a championship point to beat Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final. After losing to world number eight Andrey Rublev in Monaco, Nadal was convincingly beaten by Zverev and the spotlight will be on the 34-year-old now in Rome next week, his last tournament before heading to Paris.

A whipping forehand down the line put Zverev up another break midway through the second and while Nadal resisted more pressure in the seventh game to hold, Zverev served out an impressive victory after an hour and 44 minutes. The 36-year-old Isner has never been at his most comfortable on clay but he caught Thiem cold by breaking early to claim the opening set.

 

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