Rafael Nadal yeej nyob rau hauv 5 teeb tsa kom txav mus rau Australian Qhib Semifinals, Tam sim no 2 yeej txaj muag ntawm Cov Ntaub Ntawv 21st Lub Npe Loj

Rafael Nadal tau kov yeej lub plab ntxhov siab thiab qee qhov xwm txheej phem kom txav mus rau hauv Australian Open semifinals thiab tam sim no sawv ob qhov kev sib tw yeej deb ntawm cov ntaub ntawv 21st Grand Slam singles title.

Lub hnub nyoog 35-xyoo-laus Mev tau yeej ntau tshaj plaub-teev tsib-setter dhau No. 14 cov noob thiab cov phooj ywg sab laug Denis Shapovalov, 6-3, 6-4, 4-6, 3-6, 6-3 , txav mus rau qhov kawg plaub Down Under. Nws yog plaub-laus txiv neej mus txog lub semifinals ntawm qhov kev tshwm sim tom qab Ken Rosewall, Roger Federer thiab Mal Anderson.

Tam sim no Nadal yuav muaj ob hnub so ua ntej hnub Friday thaum nws ntsib tus yeej ntawm No.7 noob Matteo Berrettini, tus neeg sib tw Wimbledon, thiab No.17 Gael Monfils, 35-xyoo-laus Frenchman.

Nadal txhim kho mus rau 23-13 hauv tsib-setters rau nws cov hauj lwm dab neeg.

"Hnub nyuaj heev, sov heev," nws hais rau Jim Courier hauv nws qhov kev xam phaj hauv tsev hais plaub. "Kuv tsis tau xyaum rau nws."

Nws hais ntxiv tias "Rau kuv nws zoo kawg nkaus uas tau nyob hauv semifinals," nws hais ntxiv.

Nadal, uas nws tsuas yog Australian Open title tuaj hauv 2009, tau khi nrog cov neeg sib tw Federer thiab Novak Djokovic ntawm 20 majors, txawm hais tias nws tsis ntev los no nws tsis txhawj xeeb txog GOAT xwm txheej. Djokovic, tau kawg, raug ntiab tawm ua ntej ntawm kev sib tw nws tau yeej cuaj zaug vim nws tsis tau txhaj tshuaj tiv thaiv Covid-19.

Nadal, uas tau tawm tsam kev raug mob hauv ntau qhov kev mus ncig Australian Open yav dhau los, tau txhim kho mus rau 7-7 hauv Australian Open quarterfinals, txog tam sim no nws cov ntaub ntawv tsis zoo ntawm ib qho ntawm plaub qhov loj. Nws tau poob plaub zaug hauv qhov kawg (2012, '14, '17, '19).

Mev kuj yog ib tug yeej txaj muag los ua tus txiv neej thib plaub Hauv Open Era los yeej 500 qhov kev sib tw nyuaj, koom nrog Federer, Djokovic thiab Andre Agassi. Nadal twb yog tib tug txiv neej hauv Open Era los yeej 400 lossis ntau qhov sib tw ntawm ob qho tib si hardcourt thiab av nplaum (464 ncig-theem match yeej ntawm av nplaum).

Nrog Nadal down ob-tog point ntawm 4-5 nyob rau hauv lub thib peb, Shapovalov stroked ib tug zoo nkauj ib-tes backhand yeej thiab twj ywm nws lub nrig thaum nws yuam ib tug thib plaub.

Shapovalov tau txais kev so rau 3-1 hauv plaub ua tsaug rau qhov ua txhaum ob zaug los ntawm Nadal uas tshwm sim ib yam li tus kiv cua yelled nyob rau hauv nruab nrab ntawm nws pab. Hauv kev ua si tom ntej, Nadal kov nws lub plab thaum lub gamea thiab grimaced. Nws hu rau lub cev tom qab nws poob qab 1-4, thiab muab qee cov ntsiav tshuaj.

Ua haujlwm rau thib plaub ntawm 5-3, Shapovalov tau kov yeej ob lub ntsiab lus kom kaw nws tawm thiab yuam kev txiav txim thib tsib.

Nadal tawm hauv lub tsev hais plaub tom qab plaub rau kev soj ntsuam kev kho mob thiab so chav dej uas kav ntev li xya feeb.

Nadal tau hais tias "Kuv pib hnov ​​​​tsis zoo hauv kuv lub plab yog li kuv tsuas yog nug seb lawv puas tuaj yeem ua tau ib yam dab tsi," Nadal hais. "Lawv nyuam qhuav kuaj xyuas tias txhua yam tsis zoo hauv kuv lub cev thiab tom qab ntawd kuv noj qee cov ntsiav tshuaj los sim txhim kho cov teeb meem plab uas kuv muaj."

Hauv qhov kev txiav txim thib tsib, Nadal muaj me ntsis ntxiv rau nws cov kauj ruam thiab tau txais kev so rau 2-0 thaum Shapovalov shanked ib tug backhand tawm ntawm Nadal forehand nce kab. Nws mus ua ntej 3-0 ua ntej kaw nws tawm thaum tus Canadian ntaus lub pob rov qab dav thiab tom qab ntawd tsoo nws lub racket rau hauv av.

"Lub pob ntawd yog ci," ESPN's Brad Gilbert tau hais saum huab cua.

Nadal tau nkag mus rau xyoo 2022 uas tau ua si tsuas yog ob qhov kev sib tw hauv rau lub hlis dhau los tom qab kev raug mob ko taw uas tau txiav nws tawm ntawm Wimbledon thiab US Open. Nws kuj tau kuaj pom zoo rau Covid-19 thaum lub Kaum Ob Hlis.

Nws tau hais tias "Qhov tseeb tiag yog ob lub hlis dhau los peb tsis paub tias peb puas tuaj yeem rov qab mus ncig txhua qhov," nws hais. "Nws tsuas yog lub neej tam sim no uas kuv nyob ntawm no ua si ntaus pob tesniv dua thiab kuv tsuas yog txaus siab."

Shapovalov tau chim siab rau tus yeej Olympic kub Sascha Zverev nyob rau hauv plaub puag ncig ntawm Margaret Court Arena, tshem tawm ib qho kev nyiam los yeej lub npe thiab muaj peev xwm hem Nadal hauv peb lub hlis twg.

Shapovalov tau hais ua ntej ntawm qhov kev sib tw, "Nws yog ib txwm muaj kev hwm los tawm tsam tus txiv neej zoo li Rafa," “Nws yog ib qho kev lom zem. Ib txwm mus ua rog tawm tsam nws. "

Shapovalov yuav tsum tau cais tawm tom qab kuaj pom zoo rau Covid thaum nws tuaj txog hauv Australia, tab sis rov qab los sai sai los pab Canada yeej ATP Cup hauv Sydney thiab tam sim no mus txog Grand Slam quarterfinal thib peb.

Nyob rau hauv lub quarter kawg matchups nyob rau hauv qab ib nrab ntawm qhov kos, No. 4 Stefanos Tsitsipas yuav ntsib No. 11 Jannik Sinner, 20-xyoo-laus Italian, thiab No. 2 Daniil Medvedev, US Open champion, ntsib No. 9 Felix. Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov tus khub Canadian.

Raws li bookmaker.eu, Medvedev (+180) yog tus nyiam nkag mus rau hauv kev sib tw, ua raws li Zverev (+335) thiab 6 Nadal (+950).