Rafael Nadal’s right knee started to bleed after suffering a fall when he tried to return one of Felix Auger-Aliassime’s shots at the start of the second set of his fourth-round clash. The world number 5 dropped his first set of the tournament to the Canadian and fell when he changed his footing to chase a setback.
Nadal rolled on the clay of Court-Philippe Chatrier when he was mistaken for the ninth seed as he knew the 1-1 in the second set. The Spaniard had to change direction and ended up falling to the ground, managing to put his racket on the ball but hitting it on the net.
A few points later, his right knee was seen bleeding in an incident similar to Emma Raducanu’s U.S. Open Championship point, in which the Briton was given medical time according to the rules. to fix the grass and stop it. The 13-time French Open champion was quickly cleared before the next point and returned, without the need for medical attention with blood flow.
The fall was just the start of the longest match of the match, which saw the Spaniard forced to save two break points to maintain the 2-1 lead after more than eight minutes. It came after Nadal lost the first set 6-3 in almost an hour, the first set he has lost the entire tournament.
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