If that happens, I hope to keep having chances to keep going and fight for the things.” Day 1 results “That’s what I need today to try to recover the level that I need to fight for the things that I want and be healthy. Of course, playing official matches without a doubt, but at the same time practising with the best players, too. “What really helps is spending hours on court playing and practising with the best players,” said Nadal, who pointed out he had played just 12 tournaments in the last two years. Gauff did save three match points as she found some form late in the second set, but a total of 38 unforced errors proved fatal to her chances and the 17-year-old became the most high-profile casualty of the tournament’s opening day. Nevertheless, Wang had been a 7-1 pre-match underdog but looked like the more comfortable of the two players as she eased to victory in an hour and 15 minutes. However, the first on-court shock came when Coco Gauff was knocked out by China’s Wang Qiang, the world No 110 but in reality a better player than that number having reached the fourth round in Australia two years ago and a US Open quarter-final back in 2019. The women’s draw had technically last its first seed before she walked out on court when Ons Jabeur withdrew due to injury, saying that playing through the pain could have jeopardised the rest of her season. I didn’t play well in really any big point today.” And on the bigger points he was much better than me. Any time I had a chance to kind of come back, he served his way out of it.

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