Fantastic Nadal too good for Carreno-Busta in AO 3rd round. Kyrgios next. PREDICTION, H2H

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE RESULTS. Nadal trashes Carreno-Busta to fight against Nick Kyrgios in the 4th round

Nadal Kyrgios

Rafael Nadal too good for Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-1 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday after playing a solid match to fight against Nick Kyrgios in the 4th round.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Nadal was in a great position at the beginning of the set to break Carreno-Busta in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Rafael reinforced his lead after breaking Carreno-Busta in the 6th (5-1) game before winning the set (6-1).

2nd set.

Nadal took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Carreno-Busta in the 1st game (1-0). Nadal improved his lead after breaking Carreno-Busta in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

3rd set.

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Rafael conquered in the 5th game (3-2) before winning the set (6-4).

Statistics

At the end of the match, Rafael scored 79 points vs. Pablo’s 46 points.

Rafael served pretty well to win 87% of the points (34/39) behind his first serve, and he won 78% points (18/23) on his second serve. Nadal was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (5/10). On the other side, Carreno-Busta wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Carreno-Busta is 5-0 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Pablo Carreno-Busta Australian Open – Melbourne

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Prediction, H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Nick Kyrgios – stats

Nadal will compete against Kyrgios in the 4th round.

This will be the 8th time that Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios face off. The head to head is 4-3 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but Kyrgios leads 2-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Nadal won 6-3 3-6 7-65 7-63 in the 2nd round in Wimbledon back in 2019.

Prediction: Nadal in 4 sets

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