The day NADAL won a set after being 5-1 40-0 down

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Andujar could’ve ended it a couple times but it was clear Nadal was very much in his head… Nadal chases down balls at the bet that most people would just accept they lost the point. He knows if he gets to it that close to the net he has opponent dead to rights. Absolutely amazing match to watch.
when he least expects it.
5-1 lead for him now in the third.
Three set points.
40 love down and 5-1.
He's out of it so he just opens the shoulders
on his set point number four.
So easy for Nadal just to
kind of close his eyes and say
well look 5-1 down.
This set has gone.
Mind you it was 5-1, 40 love
but not Rafa.
Just plays every point.
Don't think he knows what the score is half the time.
It's just another point to be played.
Leads 5-2 in the third.
So Nadal serving.
He trails 2-5.
Typical Rafa.
He just won't go away.
I personally would like to see him be
just that fraction more aggressive on clay.
Because we know he can do it.
You see him there.
It's an attitude isn't it?
He hit the ball and he was actually moving through it.
It doesn't matter if third or excess.
And there's Nadal all of a sudden.
He hits three forehands.
He's still kind of caught in that mindset
that's 1-7.
He got it in.
He wins this.
He gets the set.
He gets the opportunity to serve first in the fourth.
Again.
Nadal, he just refuses to go away.
He's going to make Anderhaar earn it
if he's going to win a set.
Refuses to kind of accept defeat.
Every point has to be earned.
Does that mean?
Come on in.
He will not go away in this third set.
But Nadal still trails 4-5,
having won the first two.
Nadal 4-5.
Trailing.
He trailed 5-1.
And 40 love on the Anderhaar serve.
Love 30.
That's something Nadal has not really been able to do.
Just getting one more ball back.
Refuses to give the Spaniard,
his fellow Spaniard, an inch.
He's got an incredible mind, Nadal.
Once more, Nadal.
Toe breaker situation.
Refuses to quit.
Couple of buddies there,
a match played in good spirits.
Some heavy hitting and really positive tennis from Anderhaar.
