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Nadal Fading Fast: del Potro Up 3-0 in Third Set

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A commentator just remarked that he’s “never seen Nadal beat up this badly.” Indeed, he seemed to have run out of gas in the tail end of the second set, and a rested Del Potro is three games away from putting this match in the books.

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