This is Nadal’s earliest exit at any Grand Slam tournament since bowing out in the first round in Melbourne in 2016 against No. “I was in the locker room,” McDonald said about the aftermath of the match, “and I was like, ‘Hey, that’s actually really big for me, because I haven’t beaten someone of that caliber.’”
He kept fighting until basically the end, even though he maybe didn’t have all his game,” said McDonald, a 27-year-old who won NCAA championships in singles and doubles for UCLA in 2016. He didn’t even want to roll over and quit. “‘It’s never over until it’s over’ type thing. Nadal was not sure exactly what the nature of the injury was, saying that he will have medical tests to determine if it has to do with a muscle, joint or cartilage. He said the hip had been bothering him for a couple of days, but it was never as bad as it became on Wednesday. Nadal returned to play, but was clearly compromised and not his usual indefatigable self, saying afterward that he could not hit his backhand properly and could not run much, either.īut Nadal added that, as the reigning champion of the tournament, he did not want to leave the court via a mid-match retirement. Up in the stands, his wife wiped away tears. Nadal was visited by a trainer on the sideline, then left the court for a medical timeout.
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