Rafael Nadal Dismantles De Minaur To Reach Wimbledon Round Four - UBITENNIS

Rafael Nadal Dismantles De Minaur To Reach Wimbledon Round Four

By Pawan Atri
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World No. 1 Rafael Nadal moved into the fourth round of Wimbledon on Saturday when he defeated Australian teenage sensation Alex de Minaur 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 in two hours and two minutes.

With his forehand flying all over the court and his backhand bringing in point after point, Nadal is looking a lot like the player who has won Wimbledon twice in his career.

After De Minaur pulled off some nice shots at the start of the opening set, Nadal broke the resistance of the Aussie in the 3rd game to seize his chance and moved closer towards taking the first set.

After Rafa got the first break, he became more and more aggressive, resulting in more trouble for De Minaur. The 19-year-old was finding it increasing difficult to deal with Nadal’s topspin ground-strokes and in the end lost the set 6-1.

The Spaniard continued from where he left off in the second set as he secured two more breaks of serve to take a two-set lead in the encounter. The 17-time Grand Slam champion never allowed his opponent to settle in any sort of rhythm as his kick serves and trademark cross-court forehand kept on creating several problems for De Minaur.

The third set was the most competitive one as the youngster somehow managed to raise the bar of his game. However, even that failed to trouble Nadal as the southpaw found a way to accomplish the much-needed break in the 5th game. Nadal earned the break with a scorching down the line forehand winner after De Minaur had saved a break point. Minutes later, Rafa booked his place in the next round.

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