Chinanews.com, January 18. In the second round of the 2023 Australian Open men's singles focus match, the defending champion and top seed Nadal lost 0:3 (4:6/4:6/5:7). The American player McDonald missed the third round.

In this game, Nadal was plagued by injuries. He once applied for a medical timeout and failed to exert his full strength.

Image source: Screenshot of the 2023 Australian Open website

  In this game, Nadal started slowly and fell behind 1:4.

After that, he regained his form and chased points one after another, but still lost 4:6.

  In the second set, Nadal suffered an injury in the middle, and he applied for a medical timeout for treatment.

Lose another set 4:6.

  In the third set, the two sides fought to a 5:5 tie.

Afterwards, McDonald broke serve and won the game 7:5.

  After losing this game, Nadal's eight-game winning streak at the Australian Open came to an end. He created the worst Grand Slam record in the past seven years (the first round of the 2006 Australian Open), and missed the top 32.

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