Rafael Nadal wins against Stan Wawrinka 6-4 6-4 in the 3rd round in Paris on Thursday. Nadal will play Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarter.
Score, report, and key facts
1st 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 3rd game (2-1) before winning the set (6-4).
2nd set.
Similarly to the 1st 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 9th 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 14th 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 3rd 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