Nadal completes the great work of Baptist to fasten the pass to the final

After the victory of 'number one' over De Miaur (4-6, 5-7, 6-1) in 127 minutes, Spain will face Serbia on Sunday in Sydney.

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Rafa Nadal postponed the overwhelming staging of Alex de Miaur to add the victory granted by the pass to the final of the ATP Cup, where Spain measured Serbia. A few minutes after the overwhelming victory of Roberto Bautista against Nick Kyrgios, the 'number one' in the world was able to resist the young local intent to define in 127 minutes the second point of the tie (4-6, 5-7, 6-1 ).

De Miaur, with spectacular flexibility from the bottom of the track, enchanted the Rosewall Arena for more than an hour, in need of something to cling to after the grim performance of Kyrgios before Bautista (6-1, 6-4). His dominance in the first round, settled since the break in the first game, did not admit a reply in a Nadal without confidence in his blows.

The heat in Sydney and the effort of the win in the doubles match against the Belgians, who delayed their rest until more than five in the morning, seemed to take a toll on Rafa. However, that facility so yours to sustain in the most delicate situations once again played a decisive role.

A 'break point' in 90 minutes

Point to point, the manacorense was balancing the situation and silencing the hits of number 18 of the rnking. The breath of the stands and the Australian captain, Lleyton Hewitt, were not enough for De Miaur, who delivered the set in the twelfth game after the only 'break point' in more than 90 minutes.

From that moment, Nadal took the initiative with an unprecedented sufficiency and scored 12 of the first 13 points for 3-0, immediately prolonged with a second break that made the heart of the fans 'aussies'.

Without being intimidated

Of Miaur, of a Spanish mother and Uruguayan father, I still gathered enough courage to reply with a 'break' against and listen in perfect Castilian the advices, a little to the desperate one, of Adolfo Gutirrez, his personal technician. Of course, Nadal was not going to be intimidated by that hint of pica. So that he ducked his head again to add the next two games and throw the blind to the tie.

“Being a tough final,” the 19-majors champion foreshadowed, his body still drenched in sweat, after thanking the public's sporting behavior. On Sunday, all of Sydney vibrate with its dreaded duel against Novak Djokovic. A little earlier, the inspired Roberto Bautista must cross Dusan Lajovic.