Over four hours. Rafael Nadal played one of the longest matches of his career
On Friday, July 19, Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal played a quarter-final match at the Swedish tournament in Båstad, facing Mariano Navone.
The match became historic for Nadal. The Spanish player secured victory with a score of 2:1. Despite losing the first set in a tiebreak 6-7 (2-7), Nadal turned the match around, winning the second and third sets with identical scores of 7-5.
Overall, the match lasted four hours and one minute, making it the second longest three-set match of his career. In 2009, Nadal defeated Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of the Madrid Masters in four hours and three minutes.
Nadal has advanced to the semi-finals of the Båstad tournament, where he will play against Croatian Duje Ajduković.
Additionally, during the ATP Gstaad tournament in Switzerland, French player Canten Ali faced Brazilian Gustavo Heide and executed an incredible shot.
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