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Marcos Daniel, who suffers from an ailment in his left leg, just spent an hour on the runway at Melbourne Park Rod Laver, and left, without scoring a single game, his match against world number one.

In anticipation of larger companies, the tennis player had a premiere Balearic placid. About an hour of effort against an opponent who already start him follow the pace imposed and finally collapsed at the end of the first set, when he felt the pain in his leg.

Marcos Daniel

Marcos Daniel never had upset Rafael Nadal in the two previous. The latest in Queens, on grass last year, where he scored just four games. After losing the first set 6-0 Marcos Daniel requested medical aid. He was treated on the track for the doctor, complaining of a sore left knee. Stepped on court with a bulky dressing to try to cope with world number one in the rest of the crash.

With 6-0 and 3-0 Daniel once again requested medical assistance. He preferred to play without dressing. But returned to the track with a visible limp and a whole world ahead. And not run more. Nadal did not let up the pace. The first shock Australia Open looked like a formality. And fast. It was an ordeal for the South American. If optimal physically could barely cope with the Nadal, influenced in their movements even less.

Decided to leave in the following exchange. Shook hands with the Nadal on the web and left. The reconquest of Nadal for the Australia Open sights the winner of the clash between his compatriot Daniel Gimeno Traver and American Swetting Ryan, from the previous phase.

Tags: American, Australia Open, Marcos Daniel, Rafael Nadal

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