The rumors of the eve wanted Fritz one step away from retirement. After nineteen minutes of the match, it would have been more legitimate to expect that of Rafael Nadal. The extraordinary streak of successes of the very Spanish champion stops at an altitude of twenty, evidently conditioned by fatigue (accumulated in the marathon victory with Alcaraz in the semifinals) and also by a physical condition not exactly brilliant one step away from the fourth title of the season.The three-time champion of the tournament, who somehow manages to make the passive acceptable in the opening fraction, loses all the important points during the second and above all dirties the noteboo …