Play eventually resumed around 10 minutes later and Nadal wasted no time in sealing the game and getting himself on the board for 1-0. He then broke Bergs in the next game as the world No. 108 hit a double fault to gift it to his opponent.
Nadal led by a break in the first set but Bergs was able to get back on serve immediately. But this time around, the 37-year-old extended his lead to 3-0 as Overend questioned whether the Belgian had been affected by the medical emergency.
“Quite interesting during that lengthy delay at the start of the set, Bergs didn’t sit down at all. Just pacing around the court. Nadal, with all his experience, was just sitting down on the bench, retaping his new racket. Looks like Bergs was quite agitated. Also got this slight issue that he’s called the doctor for,” he noted.
