ACAPULCO RESULTS. Unstoppable Nadal crushes Dimitrov in the semifinal of the Abierto Mexicano Telcel

ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO RESULTS. Nadal clobbers Dimitrov to fight against Taylor Harry Fritz in the final

Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov

Rafael Nadal extinguishes Grigor Dimitrov 6-3 6-2 in the semifinal in Acapulco on Friday after playing a good match to face off with Taylor Harry Fritz in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Nadal conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 6th (4-2) game before winning the set 6-3.

One of the most important stint of the contest was when Rafael won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 1-2 to 5-2.

2nd set.

Dimitrov had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Nadal in the 2nd game (2-0). Yet, Nadal managed to stage a great comeback to break Dimitrov 3 times in the 3rd (1-2), in the 5th (3-2) and in the 7th (5-2) game before winning the set (6-2).

Grigor couldn’t stop the opposition in the last 6 games of the set (from 0-2 to 6-2).

Statistics

At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 62 points vs. Dimitrov’s 49 points.

The Spaniard didn’t lose the focus when converting 83% of the break points that he conquered (5/6). On the other side, the Bulgarian was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33%2/6). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Dimitrov is 13-1 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

Next Match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Taylor Harry Fritz – stats

Nadal will compete against Harry Fritz in the final.

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Taylor Harry Fritz since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.

Tennis Scores in Acapulco

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