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Park Manzanares, Madrid, Spain - April 29, 2024 Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his round of 32 match against Argentina’s Pedro Cachin/REUTERSPix
Contesting his home tournament one last time before retirement, the five-time champion exchanged some warm words with Cachin at the net and gave the world number 91 a match shirt as a memento.“Some moments good, some moments not good. I found a way to be through. I think in the third set with some mistakes I was still able to be a bit unpredictable,“ Nadal said of his roller-coaster victory.
Since the start of the 2005 season, Nadal has lost just once in 163 matches against players ranked outside the top 50 on clay. In a dominant first set, Nadal fired 14 winners and made just nine unforced errors to take the lead in 47 minutes.
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