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Spain’s Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his match against Belgium’s Zizou Bergs at the Men’s ATP Rome Open tennis tournament at Foro Italico in Rome. AFPROME—Rafael Nadal said that he can no longer afford to fear injury after battling into the second round of the Rome Open on Thursday, with Roland Garros looming on the horizon.
The 37-year-old took nearly three hours to see off Belgian Bergs as he continued his comeback and bid to play at Roland Garros, most likely for the last time. “Some moments I was moving faster. Some moments not. I need to get used to that, to take that risk… I feel more ready to try it than before.” The hard-hitting Belgian pushed his big-name rival all the way, briefly looking like he might win the biggest match of his career to date before Nadal fought back to take victory. AFPNaomi Osaka continued her winning return to Rome by seeing off Marta Kostyuk in straight sets, 6-3, 6-2 to set up a third-round clash with 10th-seed Daria Kasatkina.
Osaka is ranked at 173 in the world after taking a break from the tour to have her first child but looked a class above Kostyuk, winning the rain-interrupted match in 71 minutes.
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