Rafael Nadal tseem ciaj sia rau cov ntaub ntawv 21st Lub Npe Loj ntawm Australian Qhib - Thiab Nws yuav ntsib Shapovalov, Tsis yog Zverev hauv Quarterfinals

Rafael Nadal tseem muaj sia nyob rau cov ntaub ntawv 21st Grand Slam singles title ntawm Australian Open - thiab nws tus neeg sib tw zaum kawg tsis yog tus txiv neej ntau xav kom nws ntsib thaum qhov kos tawm.

Tom qab nws 7-6 (14), 6-2, 6-2 thib plaub-round yeej tshaj lwm tus sab laug-hander Adrian Mannarino hnub Sunday, No. 6 noob Nadal yuav ntsib No. 14 Denis Shapovalov - thiab tsis yog 3 Alexander Zverev. - nyob rau hauv lub quarterfinals. Nadal yog 3-1 tiv thaiv Shapovalov tab sis tus Canadian yeej lawv tsuas ntsib nyob rau sab nraum zoov hardcourts ntawm 2017 Canadian Qhib.

Nadal, 35, yog nyob rau hauv nws qhov 14th Australian Open quarterfinal thiab muaj peev xwm tsuas yog peb qhov yeej deb ntawm 21st Grand Slam lub npe, uas yuav dhau nws cov neeg sib tw Novak Djokovic thiab Roger Federer. 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 tau dhau los Mannarino hauv kev sib tw ncaj tab sis tsuas yog tom qab txuag plaub lub ntsiab lus thiab ploj nrog thawj rau ntawm nws tus kheej hauv kev sib tw thawj zaug uas kav ze li 30 feeb.

Tom qab ntawd nws tau xav txog ntawm ib qho kev sib khi uas lub zog swung wildly; qhov twg chants ntawm "Cia peb mus Rafa, Cia peb mus!" nrov tawm; qhov twg ib qho taw tes tau txiav txim siab ntawm 25-shot rally nrog ob tus players scrambling ntawm tag nrho stretch; thiab qhov ntawd tsuas yog xaus thaum Nadal volleyed los ntawm qhov tob hauv lub tsev hais plaub thiab Mannarino cov lus teb skewed dav.

"Zoo, koj paub, kuv ua si ob peb," nws hais tias, luag ntxhi, hais txog kev sib tw ntev ntev. “Tab sis, yog, (nws yog) vwm, muaj feem rau ob leeg. Thiab, yog, muaj hmoo kom yeej qhov kev sib tw thaum kawg, tsis yog?

"Ib nrab ntawm kev sib tw hauv kev sib tw, tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg."

Shapovalov, 22-xyoo-laus Canadian, ua tiav 6-3, 7-6 (5), 6-3 yeej dhau Olympic medalist Zverev ntawm Margaret Court Arena tsawg tshaj li ib teev tom qab mus txog yim kawg hauv Australia rau thawj zaug.

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

Shapovalov yuav tsum tau cais tawm tom qab kuaj pom qhov zoo rau COVID-19 thaum nws tuaj txog hauv tebchaws Australia ua ntej xyoo thawj qhov loj, 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.

Zverev, lub sijhawm no, tsis ntev los no tau hais tias muaj qhov "Big 3" tshiab los hloov cov classic "Big 3" ntawm Djokovic, Federer thiab Nadal. Tus German qhia Djokovic, No. 2 Daniil Medvedev thiab nws tus kheej tau teem caij los ua tus thawj coj ntaus pob tesniv txiv neej hauv 2022 thiab mus tom ntej.

"Kuv xav tias xyoo tom ntej tuaj yeem zoo ib yam li rau lub hlis dhau los ntawm xyoo no," Zverev hais rau Eurosport Lub Tebchaws Yelemees Das Gelbe vom Ball podcast.

"Ua ntej, yeej ib txwm tham txog Nadal, Federer thiab Djokovic - tam sim no lub npe loj yog Olympics, US Open, Turin thiab Wimbledon, thiab lawv txhua tus yeej los ntawm Medvedev, Djokovic thiab kuv.

"Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav muaj qhov sib txawv rau xyoo tom ntej."

Wimbledon tus neeg sib tw Matteo Berrettini ua tiav Grand Slam teeb nrog 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-4 yeej dhau 19-noob Pablo Carreno Busta hauv kev sib tw kawg ntawm Hnub 7.

Tam sim no tus thib xya-noob Berrettini tau mus txog lub quarterfinals ntawm tag nrho plaub ntawm kev ntaus pob tesniv loj thiab yuav ua si tom ntej No. 17 Gael Monfils, uas yeej Miomir Kecmanovic 7-5, 7-6 (4), 6-3. Kecmanovic tau npaj pib ua si Djokovic thawj zaug ntawm qhov kev sib tw, tab sis yuav rov qab los tsev nrog $ 237,000 hauv cov nqi zog tom qab nws khiav mus rau qhov thib plaub.

Lub hnub nyoog 35 xyoo Monfils tau ua nws mus rau yim kawg rau zaum ob hauv 17 mus rau Melbourne Park.

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).

(Cov AP pab qhia.)