Related: Rafael Nadal targets ATP Tour Finals as he seeks another title in Paris “It was a crazy match,” Lopez said. “I had a very tough start, losing my serve with three double faults.
I managed somehow to come back and go into the breaker – and then it was over. I was 5-0 down and a lot of things just happened.
I was a little bit lucky, I have to say. I think it was very tough for him to handle after losing that set when he was only one point away a few times to win it.”In the absence of world No 1 Novak Djokovic, Nadal, meanwhile, has a shot at winning his first Masters title here at the eighth attempt in the city where he has won 13 slams, one of the game’s enduring curiosities.
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