Apr 29, 2024, 2:14 p.m. ET
The Argentinian Pedro Cachinactual 91 del ranking ATP, He achieved a feat rarely in history at the Madrid Open, despite the defeat suffered against Rafael Nadal (512th) by 6-1, 6-7 (5) and 6-3. What is it about? He snatched the second set from the former world No. 1, in a tiebreak great, and He became the fifth player outside the Top 50 to “steal” a set from the Spaniard in Masters 1000 and/or Grand Slam tournaments on clay.
Cachin achieved a great mark against Nadal in Madrid. EFE
With very high-flying tennis, the man from Bell Ville put the “King” of clay, who has accumulated 63 titles on clay and 14 Roland Garros trophies, in severe trouble, and He joined a tiny list of players who achieved the same record against the Balearic Islands.
The Cordoban, who arrived at the Madrid event with 15 defeats in a row and drastically changed his image with a superb week, in which he was very close to giving the blow against Rafa, He became the first Latin American to carry out this statistic.
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Before, the Frenchman Richard Gasquet (101st) did his thing in Monte-Carlo, the Italian Paolo Lorenzo (148th) was followed in Rome 2011 by the German Daniel Brands (59th) surprised at Roland Garros, while the Belgian David Goffin (60th) also took a set from him in Madrid 2022.
Finally, Cachin, like all the previous ones, could not accomplish the feat and erase the historic Rafael Nadal from the map. For his part, the Spaniard is still alive in the Madrid Masters 1000 and reached the round of 16.