MADRID, May 1 — Rafael Nadal bade an emotional farewell to the Madrid Open yesterday after crashing out in the last 16 to Jiri Lehecka in the Spanish star’s last ever...
Pundits: Ramasamy’s anti-Pakatan campaign will chip away at KKB majority, but not enough for a Perikatan upset on May 11MADRID, May 1 — Rafael Nadal bade an emotional farewell to the Madrid Open yesterday after crashing out in the last 16 to Jiri Lehecka in the Spanish star’s last ever appearance at the tournament.
Nadal hasn’t decided when he plans to hang up his racquet this season but the former world number one’s retirement is fast approaching.Numerous physical issues have hampered him over the past two years and he will make the call on whether he will compete at Roland Garros later this month. Lehecka, through to the second Masters 1000 quarter-final of his career, said it felt “bittersweet” to beat Nadal in his last appearance in Madrid.
Earlier in the day, second seed Carlos Alcaraz extended his Madrid Open winning streak to a record-equalling 14 with a 6-3, 6-7 , 7-6 victory over familiar foe Jan-Lennard Struff to move into the quarter-finals. Meanwhile, third seed Daniil Medvedev completed his full set of Masters 1000 quarter-finals reached by defeating Alexander Bublik 7-6 , 6-4.On the women’s side, Iga Swiatek was made to sweat in her 4-6, 6-0, 6-2 victory over Brazilian lefty Beatriz Haddad Maia, as she dropped her first set of the tournament and needed two and a half hours to reach a second consecutive Madrid semi-final.
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