Rafael Nadal was not long away from the court after the loss in the fourth round of the US Open. The 22-time Major champion is back on the training track at his home in Mallorca, working on his game and hoping to compete in the next Laver Cup in ten days' time. Rafa and his wife are expecting their first child, but the Spaniard does not want to be away from the tracks for too long, wanting to compete again at the end of the season. Nadal suffered an abdominal injury at Wimbledon and only played one match before the US Open. It wasn't enough to solidify his form or remain competitive in the chase for the ATP throne. Rafa was leading the ATP ranking live before Carlos Alcaraz and Casper Ruud overtook him and prevented him from becoming the world number 1 at 36 years old. The Spaniard failed to reach his 17th consecutive Major quarterfinal after falling to Frances Tiafoe in four sets in the fourth round. Nadal began his 16th US Open with a 4-6 6-2 6-3 6-3 win over world number 198 Rinky Hijikata. The young player got the only break from him in the first set, before the veteran got going and advanced with five return games on his account. Struggling to find his rhythm after the initial blow, Nadal did not play well in the opening 70 minutes against Fabio Fognini in the second round.
Rafa has resumed training22-time Grand Slam winner Rafael Nadal's unbeaten record at Grand Slam events this year was put to an end by Frances Tiafoe 6-4, 4-6, 6-4, 6-3, in the fourth round of the US Open. "For the tournament to have someone like Frances beat Rafa. It's huge. You know you are not gonna beat Rafa playing long rallies, I mean maybe one or two guys can, hope that. But the only way to beat him is to punch him, to shorten the rallies, to hurt him on every single shot and that's what Frances did incredibly well, Mouratoglou said. "He served incredibly well, didn't serve a lot of first serves, his percentage of first serve is super low but he served smartly, he served with a lot of slice, a lot of spin, the ball coming out bringing Rafa out of the court on the deuce side, most of the court, opening up the court for the next shot. Serving a lot of slice to Rafa's backhand also on the outside. For one of the first times, I have seen Rafa struggle to return, he missed a lot of returns beacuse he also he felt under pressure, He was out of the court most of the time and on the next shot, Tiafoe was going full" - he added.
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