PARIS RESULTS. Rafael Nadal gets the better of Wawrinka in the 3rd round. Tsonga next

Rafael Nadal wins against Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-4 in the 3^rd round in Paris on Thursday. Nadal will play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Rafael conquered in the 3^rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, the set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Rafael conquered in the 9^th game (5-4) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Nadal scored 60 points vs. Wawrinka’s 53 points.

Rafael served exceptionally well to win 77% of the points (30/39) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (14/23) on his second serve. The Spaniard was sharp when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3). On the other side, the Swiss wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Wawrinka is 19-3 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Stan Wawrinka BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Nadal’s Interview

After the match, Rafa commented:

“My serve worked well and the volley, too. I have been going to the net a couple of times, serve and volley. I think I have been focussed and tried to hold the serve during the whole time.

I think my game worked well. On the return today, it was a little bit difficult. I think I didn’t return as well as I was doing previous days. But it’s true that Stan always has a good serve and it is difficult to read. So [it was] an important victory for me, honestly, against a tough opponent again.”

Next Match: Rafael Nadal vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – stats

Nadal will play Tsonga in the quarter.

This will be the 14^th time that Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga face off. The head to head is 9-4 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on I.hard.

The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in Wimbledon back in July 2019.

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-2 5-7 6-2) – See score progression
• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (2-6 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Radu AlbotAlbot (4-6 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Dominic ThiemThiem (6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Kyle EdmundEdmund (7-6⁷ 6-1) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Christian GarinGarin – Jeremy ChardyChardy (6-7⁴ 6-4 7-6⁶) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga – Rafael NadalNadal (4-9) – See H2H details
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (1-2) – See H2H details
• Christian GarinGarin – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (0-1) – See H2H details