China News Service, September 20. The 2020 Rome Masters will continue to compete in the quarter-finals in the early morning of the 20th, Beijing time. The nine-time winner of the event and the Spanish superstar Nadal, known as the "king of clay", scored 2 :6/5:7 Lost to No. 8 seed Schwartzman, stopping in the quarterfinals.
Nadal and Schwarzman have played against each other nine times. Nadal kept winning and only lost two sets.
In the game that day, his state was not stable. After fighting his opponent for 4 rounds, he lost points in a row, which quickly ended the first set.
In the second set, Nadal lost the serve first, but quickly broke back. After the score reached 5:5, Schwarzman withstood the pressure. After breaking serve again, he successfully won the serve. Thus eliminated the powerful opponent Nadal with a big score of 2:0.
Nadal, who missed the opportunity to achieve the ten championships in Rome, is temporarily unable to surpass Djokovic and sit alone at the top of the Masters championship.
This is the first time since 2015 that he went to Roland Garros for the French Open as a "zero warm-up champion".
Nadal said after the game: "The weather tonight is very humid and the ball feels heavier than in the past two days. It makes it difficult for me to return his shots, and he did a very good job. I tried very hard in the second set, but still lost three consecutive servings. In this case, it becomes difficult for you to get back. I broke back two and even scored 30 on the third. : 15 lead, but ultimately fell short."
However, Nadal did not lose his confidence. He said: "At least I have played three games, and I have been fighting until the last minute. We should accept the fact that our performance is not good enough. The next step is to find the cause of the problem. Imagine how to solve it."
Schwarzman, who won, was caught in excitement. He admitted that this was the "best victory" of his career: "I have played against the Big Three many times. I have never beaten them before today, so I am very happy. ."
"It's really crazy, tennis is really crazy, and our performance is crazy. The past three weeks have been really bad for me, but today I played the best tennis, much like me three years ago In the French Open against Rafa. Because the state is not very good recently, so I did not expect to beat him, but today I did my best, I am really happy." Schwartzman said.
Schwarzman's opponent in the semi-finals was Shapovalov who defeated Dimitrov 6:2/3:6/6:2, who defeated a powerful opponent to enter the semi-finals of the Rome Masters for the first time.
Djokovic defeated Kover 6:3/4:6/6:3, and the semifinals will face Rudd, who has reached the semifinals of the Masters for the first time. For this game, Xiaode said: "The clay court is definitely Rudd's favorite venue. His performance on clay court is very comfortable. This is already the semi-finals. Everyone has a chance. I think I have to go back and do some homework. Prepare well for this game." (End)