Nadal overcomes Popyrin in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – FRENCH OPEN RESULTS

FRENCH OPEN - PARIS DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal victorious over Popyrin to face Richard Gasquet in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Alexei Popyrin

Rafael Nadal bests Alexei Popyrin 6-3 6-2 7-6(3) in the 1st round in Paris on Tuesday. Nadal is going to play against Richard Gasquet in the 2nd round. The match lasted 2 hours and 23 minutes. Rafael won this tournament 13 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nadal
Paris
Nadal's Record

The Spaniard added to his prize money € 24,000 after conquering this match. He has won already € 84,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add € 29,000 to his earnings to get in total € 113,000 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Alexei Popyrin French Open – Paris

Nadal’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Popyrin
Rafael Nadal
6-3 6-2 7-63
2h:23
Alexei Popyrin
99
99
Total points
83
83
48
48
Winners
40
40
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
48%
48%
23
23
Unforced
43
43
35%
35%
Ratio Unforced
65%
65%
10/14
10/14
Net Approaches
11/19
11/19
71%
71%
Perc
58%
58%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
8
8
5
5
Double Faults
5
5
63%
63%
1st in
57%
57%
81%
81%
1st won
78%
78%
48/59
48/59
1st won
40/51
40/51
56%
56%
2nd won
45%
45%
19/34
19/34
2nd won
17/38
17/38
198
198
Fastest serve
212
212
176
176
AVG 1st Serve
193
193
158
158
AVG 2nd Serve
151
151
-- Break Points --
4/11
4/11
Total
1/4
1/4
36%
36%
Won
25%
25%
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 99 points vs. Alexei’s 83.

Nadal

Nadal served pretty well to win 81% of the points (48/59) behind his first serve, and he won 56% points (19/34) on his second serve. Nadal won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points as he converted only 36% (4/11) of the procured opportunities.

Popyrin

On the other side, the Australian was not so effective in converting his break points (only 25% – 1/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Popyrin is 2-0 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Richard Gasquet – stats

Nadal will square off with Gasquet in the 2nd round.

This will be the 18th time that Rafael Nadal and Richard Gasquet play each other. The head to head is 16-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 7-0 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 6-3 6-2 6-2 in the 3rd round in Roland Garros back in 2018.

Rafael Nadal Draw info

Live score progression and stats

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nadal clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Nadal was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 30-40). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 51 points. Rafael won 5 more points than Popyrin (28-23). The Spaniard conceded 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the court, Alexei conceded 7 points on serve (15-7).

Nadal was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Gasquet in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Spaniard reinforced his lead after breaking Popyrin in the 3rd (3-0) game before conquering the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of this set was when the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Nadal converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40 and 15-40) and the 3rd game (2-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Australian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).

They played 46 points. Rafael won 8 points more than Alexei (27-19). Rafael conceded 8 points on serve (18-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the Australian conceded 9 points on serve (11-9).

Rafael won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 6th (2-4) game, Rafael broke back in the 9th (4-5) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-3.

Tiebreak

The Spaniard won 3 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1) and 10th (7-3) point.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 5-1, 6-1, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3

The Spaniard converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 9th (3-5 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, Alexei converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 6th game (3-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 85 points. There was not much difference between these 2 since finally Rafael won barely 1 point more than Popyrin (43-42). Rafael conceded 10 points on serve (27-10). on the other side of the net, Alexei conceded 16 points on serve (32-16).

 

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