Rafael Nadal soars past Federico Delbonis 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Wednesday after playing a good match to come up against Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament 11 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 10,900 after conquering this match. He has won already € 29,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add € 17,500 to his earnings to get in total € 46,500 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Federico Delbonis Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rafael scored 63 points vs. Delbonis’s 38.
Nadal
Rafael won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.
Delbonis
On the other side, the Argentine had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Delbonis is 5-0 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Nadal will square off with Dimitrov in the 3rd round.
This will be the 15th time that Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov fight against each other. The head to head is 13-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 5-0 on clay.
The last time that they squared off, Dimitrov won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2016.
Live score progression and stats
Nadal had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Spaniard improved his lead after breaking the Argentine in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
A defining moment of this set was when Rafael won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.
Nadal was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 39 points. The Spaniard won 13 more points than Delbonis (26-13). Nadal lost 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).
Nadal conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set as Delbonis managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Rafael kept his focus to break Delbonis in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).
They contested 62 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the Argentine (37-25). The Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). In addition, on the other side, Delbonis conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).
Tennis Scores in Monte Carlo
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- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Tommy PaulPaul (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- David GoffinGoffin – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Daniel EvansEvans – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Juan Ignacio LonderoIgnacio Londero (6-0 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Lucas PouillePouille – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (7-5 2-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jeremy ChardyChardy (7-63 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Christian GarinGarin – John MillmanMillman (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Daniel EvansEvans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- David GoffinGoffin – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-2) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rafael NadalNadal (1-13) – H2H details and stats
- Lucas PouillePouille – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (2-3) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Christian GarinGarin (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (1-1) – H2H details and stats