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ACAPULCO RESULTS. Superlative Nadal brushes past Kwon in the quarter

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO RESULTS. Nadal makes light work of Kwon to play Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal

29 February 2020

Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Soon-Woo Kwon

Rafael Nadal crushes Soon-Woo Kwon 6-2 6-1 in the quarter in Acapulco on Thursday after playing a solid match to square off with Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Rafael in this set played a much better tennis than the Korean and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Soon-Woo in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

2^nd set.

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

Soon-Woo lost the 6^th game (5-1) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 64 points vs. Soon-Woo’s 40 points.

Nadal served exceptionally well to win 75% of the points (24/32) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (16/25) on his second serve. Nadal was effective in converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6). On the other side, Kwon wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/8). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Kwon is 1-0 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Soon-Woo Kwon Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Next Match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

Nadal will play Dimitrov in the semifinal.

This will be the 14^th time that Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov play each other. The head to head is 12-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 5-1 on hard.

The last time that they played, Nadal won 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in Monte Carlo back in 2018.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (6-4 6-4) – See score progression
John IsnerIsner – Tommy PaulPaul (7-6³ 3-6 6-2) – See score progression
Rafael NadalNadal – Soon-Woo KwonKwon (6-2 6-1) – See score progression
Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – Kyle EdmundEdmund (6-4 6-3) – See score progression

Upcoming matches

Rafael NadalNadal – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (12-1) – See H2H details
Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz – John IsnerIsner (1-2) – See H2H details