Rafael Nadal exterminates John Isner 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rome on Wednesday after playing a tremendous match to deal with Denis Shapovalov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Nadal won this tournament 10 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 33,795 after winning this match. He has won already € 72,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add € 63,360 to his earnings to get in total € 136,225 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. John Isner Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 58 points vs. John’s 38.
Nadal
Nadal served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (22/27) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (13/22) on his second serve. Rafael was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).
Isner
On the other side, Isner wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Isner is 8-1 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Nadal will compete against Shapovalov in the 3rd round.
This will be the 6th time that Rafael Nadal and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.
The last time that they locked horns, Nadal won 6-3 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Australian open back in January 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nadal clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).
They contested 56 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than John (33-23). Rafael conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).
Nadal had a strong start of this set after breaking John Isner in the 1st game (1-0). Nadal reinforced his lead after breaking John in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.
The American was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.
Nadal converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 40 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Isner (26-14). The Spaniard surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).
Tennis Scores in Rome
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-3 5-7 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – David GoffinGoffin (6-0 7-61) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – John IsnerIsner (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Marcos GironGiron – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-1 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (5-7 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Laslo DjereDjere (7-68 3-6 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Sebastian BaezBaez (7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-4 2-6 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Tommy PaulPaul (7-5 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Jannik SinnerSinner – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-2 3-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-74 6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Andrey RublevRublev (6-2 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (6-4 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (4-6 7-62 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (4-1) – H2H details and stats
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (20-6) – H2H details and stats
- Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic – Jannik SinnerSinner (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Marcos GironGiron – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Christian GarinGarin – Marin CilicCilic (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-4) – H2H details and stats
- Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Alexander ZverevZverev (1-5) – H2H details and stats
- Jenson BrooksbyBrooksby – Casper RuudRuud (0-0) – H2H details and stats