WASHINGTON, Aug 5 ― Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return from a two-month injury layoff on Wednesday but aggravated a foot injury and needed a third-set tie-breaker to outlast American Jack Sock and advance at the ATP Citi Open. The 35-year-old Spanish left-hander, a 20-time Grand Slam...
WASHINGTON, Aug 5 ― Rafael Nadal made a triumphant return from a two-month injury layoff on Wednesday but aggravated a foot injury and needed a third-set tie-breaker to outlast American Jack Sock and advance at the ATP Citi Open.
“The foot was hurting me,” Nadal said. “It was painful tonight. Hopefully it will feel better tomorrow. Winning the match helps.” An electric atmosphere greeted Nadal’s first US match since beating Daniil Medvedev in the 2019 US Open final and his first hardcourt match since February. Nadal broke back in the sixth game, making a backhand save on a drop volley that Sock could only swat into the net to level matters at 3-3, Nadal pumping his fists and screaming in celebration.
Harris led 6-4, 1-0 when American Tennys Sandgren retired, sending the 24-year-old from Cape Town into his first match with Nadal.Japan’s Kei Nishikori stayed in Nadal’s path by downing ninth seed Alexander Bublik of Kazakhstan 6-2, 7-5. The 2015 Washington champion meets British seventh seed Cameron Norrie for a possible last-eight date with Nadal.
“It has been difficult to get back into some sort of shape. It was a rough five, six days when I had the symptoms. Then you’ve got to isolate.”
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