French Open 2020 - 'There could have been a terrible accident!' - Rafa Nadal nearly hits chairs

ByEurosport

Published 06/10/2020 at 23:09 GMT

Rafael Nadal and Jannik Sinner produced some magnificent tennis during their quarter-final match on Philippe-Chatrier, with the 12-time champion running out of court at one stage as he tried to retrieve an acutely angled shot from Italian sensation Sinner.

'There could have been a terrible accident!' - Nadal nearly careers into changeover area

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Rafael Nadal and Jannik Sinner were last on Court Philippe-Chatrier on Tuesday. Their match began at 10:36pm local time. It was worth the wait, though, as the pair produced some spell-binding tennis. None more so than in the seventh game of the second set.

Nadal, the 12-time champion, after exchanging some thunderous baseline groundstrokes, coaxed the 19-year-old into the net, laying the foundations for a lob.

However, Sinner was wise to it, producing, what Frew McMillan on commentary termed “phenomenal play” to not only reach the lob but redirect at an acute angle that forced Nadal to go careering into the changeover area.

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