Rafael Nadal reaches his first semi-final of the season as he comes from behind to defeat Argentine Mariano Navone at the Swedish Open.
Rafael Nadal came through a three-hour-and-58-minute marathon to reach his first semi-final of the year, coming from behind to defeat Argentine Mariano Navone at the Swedish Open.
Nadal, 38, knocked out the fourth seed 6-7 7-5 7-5 to set up a meeting with Croatia's Duje Ajdukovic for a place in the final. The Spaniard is also due to play with Casper Ruud in the doubles semi-finals against Brazil's Orlando Luz and Rafael Matos as he prepares to Some brilliant tennis between the two forced a first-set tie-break, where the Argentine powered his way into the lead.
After breaking twice in the second set to lead 3-0, Nadal then lost four games in a row as his level dropped dramatically.The 22-time Grand Slam winner failed when serving for the match at the first attempt, but closed out the tie at the second time of asking."Even if it's a young body, I would need to work and recover once and for all. I will see how I wake up tomorrow.
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