Rafael Nadal isn’t playing vintage tennis – but his magic aura is still unmatchable

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Rafael Nadal isn’t playing vintage tennis – but his magic aura is still unmatchable

For a short moment, it looked like Rafael Nadal was starting to crumble under the crushing weight of the tennis world. A first set of tennis that had ebbed and flowed between him and Alex de Minaur had seemingly fallen in his favour, his trademark brand of pumped-up, aggressive tennis powering him into a 6-2 tiebreak lead. But then, when the set looked clearly in his grasp, he showed he was human. He had de Minaur scurrying at the back of the ba…