Australian Open: Rafael Nadal, title holder, eliminated in 2ᵉ round

The Spanish tennis player, injured in the hip, bowed to the American Mackenzie McDonald, Wednesday (6-4, 6-4, 7-5).

MO12345lemonde with AFP

It’s finished for Rafael Nadal at the Australian Open. The Spaniard, holding the title, victim of hip pain, bowed in three sets (6-4, 6-4, 7-5) against the American Mackenzie McDonald, Wednesday January 18. >

In the second set, at the end of a race, the 36 -year -old Spaniard suddenly grimacted while holding his left hip. The world number 2 refused to give up, but it had become almost impossible to move in front of a classified opponent 65 in the world, and he only kept as he could until he has been ‘to defeat.