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Patna : Sixth seed Rafael Nadal, 35, Spain, entered the 3rd round of Australian Open (AO) 2022 on January 19, 2022, beating World No 126 Yannick Hanfmann, 30, Germany, in straight sets 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 at Rod Laver Arena.
World No 5 Nadal, the winner of 20 Grand Slam titles, won 4 break points and 5 games in a row during the match. Qualifier Hanfmann, however, fired 5 Aces during the match to just 1 by Nadal,the 2009 Australian Open champion. The Spaniard also committed 5 double faults to just 1 by the German. Nadal won 102 points in the match to 79 by the German. The Spaniard won 60 service points to 54 by Hanfmann.