Nadal shoots with a comfortable victory against Giron

gale suffocated

, and with tennis at the center of the stage, the only tournament champion participating in this edition made his debut without mishap against

.

There will be time to gauge

on his return to a Grand Slam, greater demands that allow a glimpse of his true projection in the tournament he made his own in 2009. It was his first match to the best of five sets since he lost to Djokovic last June in the Roland Garros semifinals, his fourth official match since he returned to the competition after more than five months absent due to the chronic injury he suffers in his left foot. He beat the American 6-1, 6-4, 6-2, in one hour and 49 minutes and will play this Wednesday in the second round against the winner of the match between

and

.

Recent champion on these same courts at the ATP 250 in Melbourne, the sixth seed (already fifth in the ranking) soon found the necessary rhythm to escape with two consecutive breaks of service. Giron, 66th in the world, little opposed the fluid and convincing tennis of the Spaniard, the only member of the

who has the opportunity to jump to the coveted twenty-first major. With

absent

due to injury and Djokovic absent after being deported by the Australian government, all eyes are on the Spaniard.

Beyond his athletic bearing, Giron, whose best run in a tournament of this category was the third round at the last Roland Garros, does not have many arguments that allow him to face players of Nadal's range.

His only options to complicate the southpaw's life were to put joy and risk on

, and he barely knew or could do it.

successful with the right

Nadal, who arrived in Australia just after contracting Covid, created the conditions to multiply his forehands, where much of his strength lies.

A quarter- finalist in 2021, when he was beaten by

after going two sets ahead, he has made four finals at this tournament, as well as taking the title in 2009.

Giron showed a welcome amount of dignity by delaying his presence in the second set, neutralizing four threats from his opponent on his serve in the ninth game. If Nadal lacked something, it was right when he tried something more than what an uncomplicated debut demanded of him. It was a good opportunity to experiment, and he did so, although his attempts were not always successful. It doesn't matter much either. He took the match, in the Australian morning, with sufficiency and ease. A quality training resolved in a forceful way. The third partial was another monologue without reply.

"It is difficult to say how far I am from my best level. When you come back from an injury, things are always difficult. You have to go day by day, being positive and playing with the right energy. A month ago I would have signed to be at this level ", He commented at the foot of the track.

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