Rafael Nadal had many doubts about his competitiveness at the edition of the Australian Open, well… we wonder he is ok now…
The world no.3 played a great tennis against Youzhny to win 6-3 6-2 6-2 in 1 hour and 50 minutes. Rafa was particularly pleased with the solidity of his tennis to comment “[It’s a] very positive result for me, I think a very good start. My return worked really well. The serve, too… In general, I played with not many mistakes.”
Match Stats
Rafa was completely dominant in this contest to score 91 points vs. Youzhny’s 51. Rafa committed just 15 unforced errors vs. Youzhny’s 34. The Spaniard recorded also a great 55% conversion rate (6 of 11). Match Stats.
Next vs. Smyczek
Rafa will play world no.112 Tim Smyczek. This is the first time they play each other.
| GREAT START RAFA!! |
| IT DOESN’T LOOK… HE IS HAPPY! |
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