Rafael Nadal (Photo : REUTERS/Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports)
Second seed tennis player Rafael Nadal is out of the Miami Open after losing to another Spaniard player, Fernando Verdasco, at the third round.
Nadal was beat in the scores were 6-4, 2-6, 6-3, according to AP. In all of the 11 games he played at the open, he has never won any tournament. However, early this March, he had his first title in 2015 at the Argentine Open after beating Juan Monaco.
Verdasco, on the other hand, was ranked 29 had previously lost to Nadal thirteen times but his recent victory is his second over his opponent, the first was in Madrid in 2012.
In 2014, Nadal has faced health issues, following his bout with a number of injuries and appendicitis, Bleacher Report wrote. According to Nadal, he is already well but has yet to work on his confidence in returning to the game.
"It's a question of being relaxed enough to play well," the ace player was quoted as saying. "I'm still playing with too much nerves for a lot of moments, in important moments, still playing a little bit anxious in those moments.
The 14-time Grand Slam tournament winner added that he is going to fix this issue despite not giving enough assurance as to when.
The tennis superstar only had 18 wins on Sunday's match with 40 unforced errors and was able to convert only three of 12-point breaks but his two-hand backhand had always been his weapon.
Meanwhile, Andy Murray won the fourth round and achieved his 499th win in his tennis career. He toppled Santiago Giraldo with a 6-3, 6-4 also on Sunday. If he manages to win another game, the Brit tennis player will be reaching a milestone in his career that he will share with 45 other men who have achieved the same.
"It's nice, because when you see the list of the players that have won that many matches, there isn't loads," the British player said.
And with Nadal's elimination and Roger Federer's absence in the tournament, Murray and Novak Djokovic are said to be most likely to make it to the final.
