In a key match in the first round of the men's tennis singles at the Paris Olympics, which ended in the early morning of July 29, Beijing time, Beijing Olympic gold medalist and Spain legend Nadal fought hard for 2 hours and 32 minutes, and defeated Hungary's Fučovic 2-1 in three sets, and Nadal will face his old rival Djokovic for the 60th time after advancing to the round of 32. The scores in the three sets were 6-1, 4-6 and 6-4.
【World Ranking】
Nadal is currently ranked 161st in the world, while Fučovic is ranked 83rd in the world.
【Confrontation Situation】
The two had never played each other before.
【Contest Review】
In the first set, Nadal broke serve in the second game as soon as he came up, leading 3-0 in the opening game. In the sixth game, Nadal broke Fuchovic's serve again, and then won the game on serve, Nadal won four straight points and easily won the first set 6-1.
In the second set, Nadal got off to a bad start and fell behind 0-3 after being broken in the second game. Although Nadal managed to make it 4-5 in the ninth game, he was eventually broken after saving two break points on his unbreakable serve to lose the second set 4-6.
In the deciding set, Nadal made a crucial break in the fifth game and led 4-2 after holding serve in the sixth game. In the crucial 10th game, Nadal withstood the pressure to win his own serve game and won the deciding set 6-4, thus defeating his opponent 2-1 to advance to the men's singles round of 32.
【Next Round Opponent】
Once Nadal advances, he will face his old rival Novak Djokovic. The two sides have met 59 times before, with Djokovic only marginally leading 30-29. This is probably also likely to be the last showdown between Djokovic and Nadal.
The last time the two met was back in the quarterfinals of the 2022 French Open, when Nadal won 6-2, 4-6, 6-2, 7-6(4).