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Nadal vs. Moya. TMS Montreal, Match Report
EuroSport
August 09, 2024
23:38 That concludes eurosport.com/.co.uk's live coverage of day two of the Canada Masters, please re-join the website at 17:00cet / 4pm (UK time) for further scoring and comments. Have a good day/evening wherever you are!
23:37 COURT ONE: France's Sebastien Grosjean edges past Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-2 over two hours 13 minutes for a second round meeting with 19-year-old Richard Gasquet.
23:30 CENTRE COURT: Former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero wins his fourth match of the season, beating seventh seed Guillermo Coria of Argentina 6-3 6-2 in one hour 18 minutes.
23:02 COURT ONE: It'll be a one set showdown, as Paradorn Srichaphan closes out the SECOND SET 6-3 against Sebastien Grosjean with a service hold to 30.
22:56 CENTRE COURT: Ferrero breaks Coria in the first game of the second set, rounding out the game to 30 with a forehand angled volley.
22:55 COURT ONE: Paradorn Srichaphan serve-volleys his way to a 5-2 lead in the second set, keeping the points short with well-placed serves and precision volleys.
22:49 CENTRE COURT: Having led 5-0, Juan Carlos Ferrero drops his serve as Guillermo Coria makes things interesting to recover to 3-5. However, Ferrero closes out the FIRST SET 6-3 to advantage to set up what will surely be a more competitive second.
22:30 CENTRE COURT: Ferrero makes it a DOUBLE BREAK in the first set with a couple of forehand winners on approach to the net for a 4-0 lead and BREAK of Coria's serve to advantage.
22:22 CENTRE COURT: Seventh seed Guillermo Coria is broken to advantage in his first service game agains 2003 U.S. Open finalist and former world number one Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Spaniard leads 2-0.
22:22 COURT ONE: Sebastien Grosjean seals the FIRST SET TIE-BREAK 7-6 (7-1) over Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan.
21:52 Stay with eurosport.com/.co.uk for further live scoring of Guillermo Coria's match with Juan Carlos Ferrero and other matches from day two at the Canada Masters in Montreal.
21:51 TRIPLE MATCH POINT for NADAL... serving at 40-0... the French Open champion sets himself, deliveries a first serve into court... Nadal hooks a forehand wide 40-15; TWO POINTS... Moya nets a forehand return... GAME SET MATCH NADAL 6-3 6-7 (0-7) 6-3 for a place in the second round after two hours and 38 minutes. Nadal hit 32 winners and 23 unforced errors, compared to Moya's 34 winners and 49 errors.
21:48 TRIPLE BREAK POINT for NADAL... Moya serving at 0-40... too many serves hitting the Nadal forehand at present... Moya pops down another but Nadal fails to take the bait returning into the net 15-40; Moya attacks the net on serve-volley but fluffs a routine forehand wide of the tramlines... NADAL BREAKS for 5-3!
21:43 Nadal comes through another routine hold and any sign of the left forearm injury seems to have disappeared. The second seed closes out to 15 for 4-3.
21:42 FIRST SERVE PERCENTAGE IN THE THIRD SET: Rafael Nadal 80% - Carlos Moya 42% ... something has got to give ...
21:39 Moya trudges through a service hold to 30 for 3-3 in the final set, with the match time almost at the two hour 30-minute mark.
21:35 The spur Nadal needed? The Spaniard closes out to lead 3-2 as the ATP trainers run onto court to administer further treatment.
21:34 Nadal rips a forehand winner down the line, from four yards behind the baseline with Moya on approach to the net. The fists are pumping - the best shot of the match. Advantage Nadal.
21:33 BREAK POINT for MOYA... Nadal, clearly suffering, serves at 30-40... it wouldn't be a surprise if he retired. Moya shanks a backhand down the line wide of the tramline; DEUCE!
21:30 Minutes of doubt and intrigue come to an end as Rafael Nadal jogs out and back onto court to resume serving at 2-2 and 15-all.
21:26 After two hours nine minutes of the first round match, Rafael Nadal has gel applied to his left arm.
21:24 An ATP trainer is called onto the Centre Court to administer treatment to Rafael Nadal for a left forearm injury. Nadal serving, 2-2 and 15-all.
21:22 Another chance to break goes begging for Nadal, as Moya once again gets lucky with a forehand winner that clips the net. 2-2.
21:20 COURT FIVE: Sweden's Thomas Johansson, the 2002 Australian Open champion, beats Ivo Karlovic of Croatia, the Queen's Club finalist, 6-1 7-5 in round one.
21:20 BREAK POINT for NADAL... Moya serving at 30-40 hits a first serve wide then comes into the net to smash away Nadal's lobbed return; DEUCE!
21:14 No sweat for Nadal, coasting through a service hold to 15 for 2-1.
21:11 Having led 30-0, Moya comes through TWO BREAK POINTS to level the scoreline at 1-1 in the final set, crunching a forehand, then service winner to finish.
21:09 COURT ONE: American Taylor Dent does what the United States team couldn't in the first round of the Davis Cup this year, beating Croatian Ivan Ljubicic 1-6 7-5 6-3 for a place in the second round in two hours one minute.
21:08 BREAK POINT for NADAL... Moya serving at 30-40 attacks a short Nadal backhand and cleans the tramline with a forehand winner; DEUCE!
21:03 Nadal closes out to 15 for the first game of the third set, but Moya executes a couple of angled volley winners to make his fellow islander think twice about popping groundstrokes in short.
21:01 Rafael Nadal begins to serve at the start of the third and final set. Could the top seed follow second-ranked Lleyton Hewitt out in the first round?
20:58 SECOND SET TIE-BREAK - MOYA 6-0: Nadal to serve with Moya at SIX SET POINTS, Moya rips a forehand winner down the line for the SECOND SET 7-6 (7-0) and one set all.
20:57 SECOND SET TIE-BREAK: Moya to serve, backhand approach winner 1-0; Nadal to serve, the teenager spins a backhand wide of the right tramline 0-2; Nadal to serve, Moya forehand approach winner 0-3; Moya to serve, Nadal hits a backhand groundstroke into the net 4-0, the first set slipping away from the French Open champion; Moya to serve, forehand volley winner 5-0; Nadal to serve, Moya forehand return deep catching Nadal on the stretch 0-6; the pair change ends...
20:51 Nadal closes out to love for 6-6 second set tie-break...
20:48 Moya guarantees himself, at the very least, a second set tie-break with a confident service hold to 15 for 6-5.
20:48 Even with a Pat Cash headband, Lleyton Hewitt wasn't able to draw on the 1987 Wimbledon champion's fighting spirit and determination in the first round of the Canada Masters on Monday. Watched by his wife, Bec Cartwright, Hewitt wracked up the unforced errors before retiring against Florent Serra. (Click on the link below for a full report of day two action.)
REPORT: Hewitt concedes opener to Serra.
20:45 LLEYTON HEWITT on his retirement from his first round match against Florent Serra of France: "I've had some kind of stomach virus for the last few days. It just got worse and worse. I haven't been able to eat anything the last three or four days as well which just really hit me because I've got no energy. With the heat today it just felt like I had nothing out there."
20:43 Tense times for Nadal as Moya went for broke on a couple of returns, chip-charging towards the net. However, the second seed held on to close out to 30 for 5-5.
20:41 COURT NINE: Former Czech top tenner Jiri Novak sweeps through the final set against Russian Igor Andreev for a 6-4 6-7 (1-7) 6-1 victory. Novak will play Dominik Hrbaty in the second round on Wednesday.
20:38 Nadal didn't have a chance to break that time as Moya held the court inside the baseline to hit three groundstroke winners in a service hold to 15 for 5-4.
20:36 Five eagerly contested rallies but it is Nadla who comes through to 15 to level the scoreline at 4-4. Heading towards a breaker? Nadal could well break before that...
20:30 Moya directs the majority of his serves to Nadal's backhand out wide in an attempt to open up the court so to hit groundstroke winners. The former French Open champion and 1997 Australian Open finalist recovers to lead 4-3 in the second set. Not many spare seats in the stands for this encounter.
20:26 BREAK POINT for NADAL... Moya serving at advantage point down, controls the rally with some blistering forehands from the baseline. A third crosscourt in succession and Nadal is left stranded. DEUCE!
20:23 The standard of tennis isn't particularly high because of the windy conditions, but certainly the second set is on a knife edge with Nadal extending Moya to 30-all.
20:21 A game of cat and mouse! Nadal moves Moya close to the net, then the 28-year-old does likewise leaving one another at the end of the points with smiles on their faces. Nadal comes through to 15 for 3-3.
20:17 Far more competitive now, Moya is making first serves kick deep into the service box now and force Nadal to return off-centre. Moya closes out to 15 for 3-2. Few rallies.
20:13 Nadal remains in control of the second set, despite greater consistency from Moya on the return of serve. Nadal comes through to 30 for 2-2.
20:09 Moya holds his nerve in attacking the net on two occasions to force Nadal to hit passed him. The Mallorcan holds to advantage for 2-1.
20:04 Following a service hold to 30, Nadal goes to change his racket for a freshly strung one. No problems once more for the Spaniard, who ranked 46th in the Champions Race at the end of 2004 and has since captured eight clay-court titles. 1-1!
20:00 Moya comes through once more to seal the opening game of the second set, hitting with tremendous angles to take Nadal out of the court on the final point.
19:58 BREAK POINT for NADAL... Moya caught shanking a backhand partly through a lack of footwook on his part but also because of the breezey conditions... Moya serves at advantage point down... Nadal hits a forehand down the line then comes to the net but drills a drive volley into the net! DEUCE!
19:52 COURT FIVE: Czech Tomas Berdych romps through his first round clash for a 6-1 6-3 victory over Jurgen Melzer of Austria in 54 minutes.
19:52 DOUBLE SET POINT for NADAL, serving at 40-15 the 19-year-old plays out a short first rally finishing with a brutal forehand winner for a 6-3 FIRST SET in 38 minutes! Nadal hit nine winners and seven unforced errors, to Moya's 10 and 14 respectively.
19:48 With the wind whipping around the arena, Nadal offers Moya a couple of loose returns that the former world number one gives the treatment to. Moya closes out to 15 for 3-5, thus forcing Nadal to serve for the first set.
19:45 Another routine service hold for Nadal, closing out to love to stay bound for the first set. 5-2.
19:42 Moya comes through his toughest service game so far, to trail Nadal 2-4.
19:40 Spraying groundstrokes outside of the lines, Moya is suffering... NADAL HOLD TRIPLE BREAK POINT with Moya serving at 0-40... Nadal nets a forehand crosscourt 15-40; Moya hits a forehand down the line on approach to the net behind Nadal 30-40; ONE POINT... Nadal returns long; DEUCE!
19:36 Nadal confirms the break of serve with an in-out forehand winner into space for a 4-1 lead. The second seed comes through to 30.
19:32 BREAK POINT for NADAL... Moya serving at 30-40 is rooted behind the baseline in a powerful rally ended with a Nadal forehand to seal the BREAK for a 3-1 lead.
19:26 Nadal closes out to love for 2-1, after two titanic opening service holds with rallies going beyond 20 strokes.
19:11 Rafael Nadal, unbeaten on clay for 34 matches begins his hard court campaign in the build-up to the U.S. Open. The Mallorcan serves first to Carlos Moya, his mentor.
19:01 Nadal and Moya begin their five-minute warm-up. As expected the vast Centre Court arena is beginning to fill for the wonder boy of tennis.
19:00 French Open champion Rafael Nadal springs onto court to play the 1998 Roland Garros king Carlos Moya for their first round clash.
18:46 Please stay with eurosport.com/.co.uk for live scoring and comments of top seed Rafael Nadal's clash with Spanish compatriot Carlos Moya starting at 19:00cet / 6pm (UK time)! So go grab yourself a coffee and do come back!
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