Rafael Nadal is one of the stars present at the US Open 2022. The Spanish tennis player, after winning the Australian Open and Roland Garros, is chasing the third Grand Slam of 2022 and the 23rd of his extraordinary career.
After losing the first set, Rafa reacted well and beat the Australian wild card player Hijikata without any particular worries in four sets. Despite the difficulties, Rafa Nadal took home the match and obtained yet another extraordinary victory.
An incredible fact is that Nadal has obtained 16 victories in as many participations in the first round of the US Open, a difficult record to achieve. Thanks to this success, Rafa has joined Novak Djokovic in this curious ranking.
Even the Serbian has in fact 16 wins out of 16 editions in New York and the two chase after the Swiss champion Roger Federer. With 19 victories on as many participations Federer shows a record of longevity and continuity above all really difficult to match.
Rafael Nadal, star in New York
Once again the Big Three protagonists, the three are now in the final stages of their career, but they continue, for one reason or another, to amaze An important victory for morale and to recover the condition with the Spanish tennis player who is a candidate to be one of the favorites of the tournament.
The forfeits for different reasons of Novak Djokovic and Alexander Zverev and the fairly early defeats of possible candidates for victory such as Stefanos Tsitsipas improve the situation of Nadal who is together with number one Daniil Medvedev and with Italian Matteo Berrettini the main candidate for the victory of New York Slam.
In the post game, the Iberian tennis player commented on the match as follows: “It was a difficult match, I didn’t start very well, things were bad at the service and I didn’t take advantage of some chances.
I hadn’t played here for a long time and I felt nervous, it’s not It was a perfect challenge but I am aware that I have to give myself time, I need to be humble and accept that I just have to play to try to reach my best level. I have to improve and I think I will.”
