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1st round: the summary of the match A.Zverev vs R.Nadal
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Opposed to the world number 4 in the first round, the Spaniard with 14 titles at Roland-Garros lost in three sets on the Phillipe-Chatrier court, for what could be his last in the tournament.
Did Rafael Nadal say goodbye to Roland-Garros? Beaten in the first round by the German Alexander Zverev in three sets (6-3, 7-6, 6-3), Monday May 27, the Spaniard with 14 titles at Porte d’Auteuil was unable to stop the game of his opponent. Broken from the start, the former world number 1, falling to 275th ATP rank, left the first round to the winner of the Masters 1000 in Rome.
If he undoubtedly played his best tennis since his return at the start of the season in the second set, “Rafa” ended up giving in in the tie-break. Before finally losing to the 4th player in the world at the end of a third act during which he still held a difficult face-off after a thirteen-minute battle. At almost 38 years old, the king of clay concedes his fourth defeat in 18 appearances at the Parisian Grand Slam, the first and perhaps the last in the first round.
