MELBOURNE RESULTS. Rafael Nadal conquers Delbonis in the 2nd round of the Australian Open

Rafael Nadal gets the better of Federico Delbonis 6-3 7-6⁴ 6-1 in the 2^nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Nadal is going to play against Pablo Carreno-Busta in the 3^rd round.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st 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 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Finally, Nadal won the tiebreak at 4.

The Spaniard was unable to break Federico in the 1^st game when he had 3 consecutive chances (0-40).

3^rd set.

Rafael won the set after he broke Delbonis in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 6^th (5-1) game. That break defined the set and it was sufficient for Nadal to win the set because he didn’t drop his serve in the rest of the set.

Delbonis was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 5 games of the set (from 1-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Nadal scored 116 points vs. Federico’s 83 points.

Nadal served pretty well to win 85% of the points (52/61) behind his first serve, and he won 61% points (17/28) on his second serve. The Spaniard won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points because he converted only 15% (3/20). On the other side, Delbonis wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Delbonis is 4-0 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Federico Delbonis Australian Open – Melbourne

Nadal’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta – stats

Nadal will face Carreno-Busta in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Rafael Nadal and Pablo Carreno-Busta fight against each other. The head to head is 4-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they played each other, Nadal won 6-2 2-0 ret. in the quarter in Roland Garros back in 2017.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (7-5 6-1 6-3) – See score progression
• Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Mikael YmerYmer (6-2 2-6 6-4 3-6 7-6⁸) – See score progression
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kevin AndersonAnderson (4-6 6-7⁵ 7-6⁴ 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ivo KarlovicKarlovic (4-6 7-6⁸ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-2 7-6⁵ 6-2) – See score progression
• Andrey RublevRublev – Yuichi SugitaSugita (6-2 6-3 7-6⁵) – See score progression
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Gilles SimonSimon (6-2 6-4 4-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Alex BoltBolt (6-2 5-7 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-2) – See score progression
• Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-4 6-1 1-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (6-3 7-6⁴ 6-1) – See score progression
• John IsnerIsner – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-4 6-3 6-3) – See score progression
• Ernests GulbisGulbis – Aljaz BedeneBedene (7-5 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili (4-6 7-6⁵ 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Andreas SeppiSeppi (4-6 7-5 6-3 3-6 6-4) – See score progression
• Alexander ZverevZverev – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (7-6⁵ 6-4 7-5) – See score progression
• David GoffinGoffin – Pierre-Hugues HerbertHerbert (6-1 6-4 4-6 1-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Richard BerankisBerankis (7-6² 4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Fabio FogniniFognini – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-6⁴ 6-1 3-6 4-6 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Tommy PaulPaul – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-4 7-6⁶ 3-6 6-7³ 7-6³) – See score progression
• Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka – Daniel EvansEvans (6-4 6-3 6-4) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Tatsuma ItoIto (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Guido PellaPella – Gregoire BarrereBarrere (6-1 6-4 3-6 6-3) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-1 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (7-6⁷ 6-4 4-6 2-6 7-5) – See score progression
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Jannik SinnerSinner (6-4 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber (w/o) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Christian GarinGarin (6-3 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
• Marin CilicCilic – Benoit PairePaire (6-2 6-7⁶ 3-6 6-1 7-6³) – See score progression
• John MillmanMillman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (6-4 7-5 6-3) – See score progression
• Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Michael MmohMmoh (5-7 6-2 6-4 6-1) – See score progression
• Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marc PolmansPolmans (6-2 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-1 6-4 6-2) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (4-0) – See H2H details
• Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
• Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (2-0) – See H2H details
• Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-2) – See H2H details
• Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
• John IsnerIsner – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (3-1) – See H2H details
• David GoffinGoffin – Andrey RublevRublev (0-1) – See H2H details
• Fernando VerdascoVerdasco – Alexander ZverevZverev (2-2) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (1-2) – See H2H details
• Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Roger FedererFederer (0-2) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (1-2) – See H2H details
• Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-3) – See H2H details