Ferrer beat Nadal 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. Rafa will not play again until March.
In two hours and 33 minutes, beat David Ferrer 6-4, 6-2, 6-3 to Rafael Nadal, and will face Australian Open semifinals to Andy Murray, winning in four sets Dolgopolov. In contrast, for the second consecutive year, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals of the Grand Slam ocean (of 360 points equals ATP 2010), and leaves the track with an injury mid-range.
In the last point of the third set, Nadal rebounded and won a left Ferrer. But just at that moment, when concretized their first game of the match (the score remained 2-1 to Ferrer), Nadal made a face of pain and worry. Immediately, touching the left leg called the physiotherapists of the tournament, with whom he went to the locker room of the Rod Laver Arena. Was declared `time out ', stopped the game, and Nadal came back with the left leg bandaged and face not a good feeling. "It's the hamstring," he was heard saying as he passed to Toni, his uncle and coach.
Maymó Rafael, Nadal physiotherapist, also went to the locker room after the time-out: regulation, Maymó Nadal can not attend, but only took over the situation. Returning from Maymó, Toni Nadal and had things clearer: "Rafa has had a hamstring problem in the` 'of the left leg and has been a bad move in the game and within the track. Before playing was uneventful. Maymó not assess the extent of the injury, a torn hamstring fibers in the area, as confirmed by Toni Nadal himself after the game. It is recalled that Nadal just enjoyed a week of rest after closing net official season 2010 with the final of the Masters Cup in London, and in December the same pre-season preparation was dispersed with displays Federer charitable company in Zurich and Madrid.
On his return from Nadal, Ferrer shot up 5-2. Putting the rest, even Nadal 5-4 and rowed to service, but in the service of the tenth game, Ferrer was subtracting more and more, to sentence the first round to the third 'set point', after 70 minutes. Nadal pessimism gestured toward his uncle Toni, who clearly told him: "Do not force." With Nadal playing clearly preserved, Ferrer easily settled second and third sets, 6-2, 6-3 in just 83 minutes added. With a total of 44 hits winners (Nadal, 19) seven times Ferrer broke Nadal's serve, who even managed to achieve three 'breaks' on the services of David.
This is the first victory over Nadal Ferrer since 2007, after seven consecutive victories Rafa. "Clearly, Rafa could not run well, and it was a difficult situation for everyone, but even so it is not easy to beat someone like Rafa, who always fights to the end," said Ferrer. Nadal's initial intention is by not compete throughout the month of February, only to reappear, if all goes well, in March, the tie Belgium-Spain Davis Cup and the 1000 U.S. Masters on hard courts: Indian Wells and Miami.