PHOTOS/VIDEO: 2017 US Open R3 Rafael Nadal vs. Leonardo Mayer

2017 US Open R3 Rafael Nadal bt. Leonardo Mayer  6/7(3) 6/3 6/1 6/4

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"It was a slow start of converting break points and when you have that many break points, you created the opportunities, more than usual," said Nadal. "So if you are able to convert one, two of them, probably we will talk about another story because that's the real thing. In the tie-break, I made a mistake, he played well and had some good serves".
"When you see that you lost a set that you had triple more opportunities than your opponent, then of course you are in trouble. At the beginning of the second, I had break points again. After that, finally I converted one at the 14th opportunity. After that, the match was completely different".
"You need matches like this. Then now I have the opportunity to compete again, to try to do it well. I am in the second week. That's the important thing. I already won three matches in a row. That's important news for me."

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