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A clearly hurting Rafael Nadal lost his second-round match at the Australian Open to Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-4, 7-5 on Wednesday, abruptly ending his title defense and bid for a record-extending 23rd Grand Slam trophy. It was not immediately clear what was bothering the 35-year-old Spaniard, but he pulled up…

Melbourne (AFP) - Injured defending champion Rafael Nadal crashed out of the Australian Open in round two to 65th-ranked American Mackenzie McDonald in a major upset Wednesday, his worst Grand Slam result in seven years.

The top seed appeared to suffer a hip problem during the second set of a 6-4 6-4 7-5 defeat

The defending men’s champion was out of sorts against the superb American before an injury dashed hopes of victory

A clearly hurting Rafael Nadal has lost his second-round match at the Australian Open to Mackenzie McDonald 6-4, 6-4, 7-5

Rafael Nadal's Australian Open title defence is over following an injury-hampered second-round loss to unseeded American Mackenzie McDonald.

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Melbourne (AFP) - Maria Sakkari survived a scare against college student Diana Shnaider at the Australian Open on Wednesday, grinding out victory in a bad-tempered match that she thought she "was gonna lose".