Nadal looked down and out mid-way through the opening set before flipping the match on its head. 9News
Alex de Minaur has been broken once again, this time in the first game of the second set, and Rafael Nadal is now well in control.
The Aussie looked visibly frustrated during the break between the two sets, and Australian great Todd Woodbridge picked out a bit of a flaw in his character."If he could just come off that by 20 per cent, he'd be a little freer in situations, I think things would happen a little easier for him. He's so determined to get to that next step of the top 15 and top 10 of the world.
"You can see in the body language there that little bit of frustration he needs to let go of to be able to hang in this match with Nadal."
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