Unforgiving Nadal blitzes Dimitrov in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – CARLO ROLEX MASTERS RESULTS

    MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS - MONTE-CARLO DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal routs Dimitrov to come up against Andrey Rublev in the quarter

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov

    Rafael Nadal breezes past Grigor Dimitrov 6-1 6-1 in the 3rd round in Carlo Rolex Masters on Thursday after playing a fantastic match to face off with Andrey Rublev in the quarter. The match lasted just 55 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.

    Nadal
    Carlo Rolex Masters
    Nadal's Record

    Nadal added to his prize money € 17,500 after conquering this match. He has won already € 46,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add € 38,500 to his earnings to get in total € 85,000 in total.

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Nadal
    Dimitrov
    Rafael Nadal
    6-1 6-1
    0h:55
    Grigor Dimitrov
    55
    55
    Total points
    26
    26
    19
    19
    Winners
    12
    12
    35%
    35%
    Ratio Winners
    46%
    46%
    -- Serve --
    3
    3
    Aces
    3
    3
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    5
    5
    65%
    65%
    1st in
    57%
    57%
    79%
    79%
    1st won
    48%
    48%
    19/24
    19/24
    1st won
    12/25
    12/25
    77%
    77%
    2nd won
    32%
    32%
    10/13
    10/13
    2nd won
    6/19
    6/19
    -- Break Points --
    5/9
    5/9
    Total
    0/0
    0/0
    56%
    56%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Nadal scored 55 points vs. Dimitrov’s 26.

    Nadal

    The Spaniard served extremely well to win 79% of the points (19/24) behind his first serve, and he won 77% points (10/13) on his second serve. Nadal was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).

    Dimitrov

    On the other side, the Bulgarian wasn’t able to conquer any break point. However, Rafael was just to good and the Bulgarian had no opportunity to win this match.

    After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Dimitrov is 14-1 for Rafael.

    Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Andrey Rublev – stats

    Nadal will take on Rublev in the quarter.

    This will be the 3rd time that Rafael Nadal and Andrey Rublev face off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

    Rafael Nadal Draw info

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    1st Set -
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    NadalDimitrov
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    0
    0
    D
    0
    0

    Nadal enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Rublev in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Rafael extended his lead after breaking the Bulgarian in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

    It is worth noting that a pivotal stage of the set was when Nadal won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 5-0.

    The Spaniard converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 41 points. Nadal won 15 points more than Grigor (28-13). Rafael was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). On the losing side, Dimitrov conceded 11 points on serve (9-11).

    2nd Set -
    Nadal Not
    Not
    0
    0
    0
    0

    Nadal commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Rublev in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nadal managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Grigor in the 3rd (3-0) and in the 7th (6-1) game before winning the set.

    A defining moment of this set was when the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to convert the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

    Rafael converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They contested 40 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 14 more points than Dimitrov (27-13). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (12-4). on the other side of the net, Dimitrov conceded 15 points on serve (9-15).

     

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