[Sports Road News]Spain’s “King” Rafael Nadal, who is striving for the 21st Grand Slam title of his career, continued his strength at the Australian Open on Wednesday (19th), taking the qualifying round in straight sets in the second round. The qualifying player, Yannick Hanfmann of Germany, maintained a complete victory in the new season and advanced to the top 32 of the men’s singles. The secret of “happy share” keep fit after the game: I don’t like to be a gym, I just like to play golf!
Nadu, who won the warm-up match after his comeback a few days ago, maintained his status. In the second lap, he faced 30-year-old Yannick Hanfmann. Although his performance was slightly unstable at the beginning, he was “broken” twice in the first set, but he dominated the game after gaining a firm footing. In the end, it only took 2 hours and 42 minutes to win 6:2, 6:3, 6:4, and the 2022 season has not been defeated so far. The 35-year-old Nadu said after the game when he was asked the secret of keeping his fitness level: “I play golf! To be honest, I never go to the gym.” The answer immediately drew laughter from the fans in the audience. The famous Jim Courier said: “You talk big!” Then Nadu added: “I have never been a person who likes to do gym, but I like to try different sports, but unfortunately I can’t do it anymore since my feet hurt. I spend 1 to 1.5 hours a day in the gym room, but I don’t do much weight training.” He will face Russia’s Olympic silver medalist Karen Khachanov next.
In women’s singles, Naomi Osaka, ranked 14th in the world, played against American player Madison Brengle, and hit 8 Ace balls. Australia’s Ashleigh Barty also won easily, sweeping Italy’s qualifier Lucia Bronzetti 6-1, 6-1 in straight sets.
In addition, this year’s Australian Open entered the third day of the tournament, and finally the first player confirmed news. French player Ugo Humbert was out of the men’s singles first lap less than 24 hours on Tuesday and was diagnosed with new pneumonia. He is today on his personal social platform. He said he will self-isolate and will not be able to leave Australia until he recovers.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Australian Open]Naomi Osaka is among the top 32 to beat the East Olympic silver medal」