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
Nadal’s Interview
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
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Ernests GulbisGulbis (7-62 6-4 6-3) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-1 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – John IsnerIsner (6-4 4-1 ret.) – See score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – David GoffinGoffin (2-6 7-63 6-4 7-64) – See score progression
- Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Sam QuerreyQuerrey (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Guido PellaPella (7-60 6-2 6-3) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-2 6-3 7-67) – See score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (7-5 6-4 7-62) – See score progression
- Roger FedererFederer – John MillmanMillman (4-6 7-62 6-4 4-6 7-68) – See score progression
- Marin CilicCilic – Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut (6-73 6-4 6-0 5-7 6-3) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
- Marton FucsovicsFucsovics – Tommy PaulPaul (6-1 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-4 6-3 6-2) – See score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Fernando VerdascoVerdasco (6-2 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (0-1) – See H2H details
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (1-0) – See H2H details
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Dominic ThiemThiem (0-5) – See H2H details
- Andrey RublevRublev – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-3) – 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