Rafael Nadal said that he had been “very sick” with Covid as he returned with a patchy win over qualifier Ricardas Berankis at the Melbourne Summer Set tournament on Thursday. “I felt so tired and I had fever,” Nadal said of having Covid. Nadal, who played doubles on Tuesday, looked in good touch early on and wrapped up the first set comfortably, breaking Berankis twice. Berankis levelled the set at 5-5 before Nadal at last held serve, then broke once more to wrap up victory. Nadal will take on either Australia’s Alexei Popyrin or Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands in the quarter-finals.

Source: The Guardian January 06, 2022 10:04 UTC