Rafael Nadal defeats Kyrgios in the 4th round of the Australian Open. Thiem next. H2H, Prediction

Rafael Nadal conquers Nick Kyrgios 6-3 3-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴ in the 4^th round in Melbourne on Monday. Nadal will play against Dominic Thiem in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Nadal conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

2^nd set.

Similarly to the 1^st set, there was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Australian conquered in the 4^th game (3-1) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Both players were too good on serve during this set and the fight went to the breaker. Eventually, Nadal won the tiebreak at 6.

4^th set.

Rafael won the set after he broke Nick in the 3^rd (2-1) game. The Australian tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 10^th (5-5) game. Nonetheless, Rafael managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set at the following breaker at 4.

Statistics

At the end of the match, Nadal scored 147 points vs. Kyrgios’s 124 points.

The Spaniard served extremely well to win 85% of the points (66/78) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (27/42) on his second serve. The Spaniard struck 12 aces and he committed 4 double faults. Rafael won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points because he converted only 22% (2/9). On the other side, Kyrgios didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered points (2/3). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Kyrgios is 5-3 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Nick Kyrgios Australian Open – Melbourne

Nadal’s Interview

Next Match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Dominic Thiem – stats

Prediction: Nadal in 4

Nadal will take on Thiem in the quarter.

This will be the 14^th time that Rafael Nadal and Dominic Thiem clash against each other. The head to head is 9-4 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nadal won 6-3 5-7 6-1 6-1 in the final in Roland garros back in 2019.

Tennis Scores at the Australian Open

• Alexander ZverevZverev – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Dominic ThiemThiem – Gael MonfilsMonfils (6-2 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-2 2-6 4-6 7-6² 6-2) – See score progression
• Rafael NadalNadal – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (6-3 3-6 7-6⁶ 7-6⁴) – See score progression
• Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Marin CilicCilic (6-4 6-3 7-5) – See score progression
• Roger FedererFederer – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (4-6 6-1 6-2 6-2) – See score progression
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Fabio FogniniFognini (7-6⁵ 7-5 6-7² 6-4) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

• Rafael NadalNadal – Dominic ThiemThiem (9-4) – See H2H details
• Stan WawrinkaWawrinka – Alexander ZverevZverev (0-2) – See H2H details
• Milos RaonicRaonic – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (0-9) – See H2H details
• Tennys SandgrenSandgren – Roger FedererFederer (0-0) – See H2H details