A tense face, a broken body, a limping gait.
Signals that Rafael Nadal fans have unfortunately become accustomed to seeing in the Spaniard lately.
Again this morning, in the second round of the Australian Open, the pain prevailed.
Opposite, Mackenzie McDonald was already leading a set to nil and 4-3 in the second, but her road to victory would become even simpler.
On a nice winning backhand, Nadal immediately turns to his clan, grimacing.
We learn later that it is a sharp pain in the hip.
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"
I didn't want to give up
," says the defending champion, dejected, after the meeting.
Once again betrayed by his body, he actually held on, on one leg.
Insufficient to hope for anything other than a stinging defeat in three sets (6-4, 6-4, 7-5) against the 65th in the world.
On a video captured by the cameras of Eurosport, we see precisely the point on which Nadal hurts himself, then the concern of his box where his team and his family sit.
And finally the distress of a man who knows it's over.