Rafael Nadal vs. Quentin Halys: Score and Reaction from 2015 French Open

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Published: May 26, 2015

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Rafael Nadal began his 2015 French Open campaign on Tuesday with a simple 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 victory over 18-year-old Quentin Halys.  

The defending champion has won nine of the last 10 Roland Garros titles and rarely looked in trouble against the ambitious Halys, who failed to find consistency in front of his local crowd. The tournament's Twitter account provided confirmation of Nadal's win:



Although Halys attempted to trouble Nadal with point-winning shots, the youngster's margin for error was small, as he gave up a break point in the opening game via a quartet of unforced errors. Halys hit hard and with unwavering confidence, but Nadal quickly raced to a 4-1 lead. The Roland Garros Twitter account highlighted Nadal's quality shortly after this moment:



Halys secured a break of his own to make the score 4-3, but his movement couldn't match Nadal's powerful forehand, which was particularly effective down the line.

Rafa exploited this to make himself comfortable again, and he watched as two further unforced errors saw Halys give up the first set.





Halys quickly racked up his 20th unforced error in the first game of the second set, but he remained calm enough to win the next game with an ace, as reported by the tournament's official stats site.

He began to tire from here, and, unfortunately for the youngster, he increasingly began to play to Nadal's strengths. Halys' shots became wildly unpredictable, continuing to leave the court open as Nadal made it 5-2 in the second set. Nadal received three set points for the second time in the match, and after 73 minutes, he took a two-set lead.

Halys opened the third with a decisive service game, taking his first set lead of the contest. Nadal levelled at 2-2 and with a slight step backward, began to punish Halys' returns, which started to regularly fall short of the baseline. Despite getti...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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