Rafael Nadal's record on clay was finally cut off. Nadal was forced to acknowledge the advantage of Austrian Dominic Thiem's two straight sets in the quarterfinals.
Compete in the Field Manolo Santana, which finished Saturday (05/5/2018) pm dawn, Nadal surrendered with a score of 5-7, 3-6. For Thiem, this victory avenged the defeat he suffered in the quarterfinals of Monte Carlo Master last month.
Nadal had earlier scored a record by winning 50 consecutive sets on clay surface while beating Diego Schwatzman. The 31-year-old Spaniard broke his record of 49 consecutive sets on the carpet in 1984.
In this match, Nadal has trouble finding a solution to Thiem's slick game, which attacks with hard and accurate blows. Meanwhile, Nadal just make a lot of mistakes themselves.
This defeat makes Nadal certainly lose the status as the number one to Roger Federer. In addition, Thiem also became the last player to beat Nadal in clay at the Rome Masters 2017.
Rafael Nadal was stopped by Thiem, and the record was gone
