PARIS RESULTS. Nadal defeats Tsonga in the quarter of the BNP Paribas Masters

Rafael Nadal

prevails over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 7-6⁴ 6-1 in the quarter in Paris on Friday. Nadal will square off with Denis Shapovalov in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, the Spaniard won the breaker at 4.

2^nd set.

Nadal conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Tsonga in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nadal managed to strengthen his lead after breaking Jo-Wilfried in the 6^th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Tsonga is 10-4 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga BNP Paribas Masters – Paris

Next Match: Rafael Nadal vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

Nadal will square off with Shapovalov in the semifinal.

This will be the 3^rd time that Rafael Nadal and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Nadal and Shapovalov (see full H2H stats

), but they have never played each other on I.hard.

The last time that they played, Nadal won 6-4 6-1 in the 3^rd round in Rome back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Paris

• Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Christian GarinGarin (6-2 7-5) – See score progression
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Jo-Wilfried TsongaTsonga (7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (8-1) – See H2H details
• Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Rafael NadalNadal (1-1) – See H2H details