French Open: Rafael Nadal too big for maggots
Clay court king Rafael Nadal also effortlessly eliminated the second German qualifier on the way to defending his title at the French Open in Paris.
by SID
last edit: May 29, 2019, 06:15 pm
The Spaniard defeated the 29-year-old Stuttgart Yannick Maden 6: 1, 6: 2, 6: 4. In the first round, Nadal defeated Yannick Hanfmann in Karlsruhe 6: 2, 6: 1, 6: 3.
Maden, who had reached the second round of a Grand Slam for the first time on the third attempt, fought back against Roland Garros' eleven-time winner. After all, he stood 2:09 hours on the Suzanne Lenglen Court, where he was cheered on occasionally. In the first round, Hanfmann had managed to keep Nadal busy for 1:57 hours.
Maden played very solidly, made few mistakes of his own and even fought breakballs in the third set - he used them to equalize to 3: 3 and shortly afterwards to 4: 4. In addition, the number 114 in the world rankings occasionally managed to annoy the number two with a disrespectful stop ball. But maggot could not get Nadal out of step permanently.
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Nadal (31) lost in the four Grand Slam tournaments to a qualifier and a German: In 2015 he was sensationally defeated by Dustin Brown (Winsen / Aller) in the first round at Wimbledon. The Spaniard achieved his 88th victory against maggots in his 90th match in Roland Garros. Maggot remains a consolation prize money of 87,000 euros.
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