


I was able to hold the score and that was probably one of the biggest parts.”Īnd with that, Nadal dons a hot pink mask to match his shirt and is off down the tunnel with a quarter-final in the pipeline. “I think in the beginning of second set from the beginning, I think I was better than him, then from 3-2 to 5, especially to 4-4, he was much better than me. So building this couple of games, I was a little bit lucky to be able to have a score 5-4 for me on serving. I was lucky to have the break back immediately and then I saved 0-40 – that was the key.

“In the second set I don’t think I played a good game when he break me. But at the same time you can’t expect to go on court and not have problems during the match, facing these kinds of players. “Every match, when you go on court, in a the round of 16 against a great player like Fabio, you’ve got to worry every moment. Australian Open 2021: Djokovic beats Fritz in five sets, Thiem ousts Kyrgios as it happened Dominic Thiem fought back from two sets down against Nick Kyrgios to win an epic five-setter.
