Rafael Nadal and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman will clash against each other in the quarter of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia for the 10th time of their career. They are scheduled to play on Saturday at 8.30 pm on Campo Centrale. Here the head to head stats and the relative prediction.
Prediction, odds and live streaming
The pick for Tennis Tonic is Rafael Nadal who should win in 2 sets.
As per the initial odds, Rafael Nadal is the pick to win this match.
Rafael Nadal -> 1.025
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman -> 17
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman
This will be the 10th time that Rafael Nadal and Diego Sebastian Schwartzman face off. The head to head is 9-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 4-0 on clay.
The last time that they played, Nadal won 6-2 6-2 in the 1st round in Acapulco back in 2013.
Rafael Nadal
Ranked no. 2, Nadal got to the 1st round after defeating Pablo Carreno-Busta 6-1 6-1 and Dusan Lajovic 6-1 6-3.
In the 3rd round, The Spaniard had a good straight sets win against Lajovic (6-1 6-3). During the match Nadal scored 62 points vs Lajovic’s 41. Rafael was quite aggressive to blast 17 winners.
Talking about the service games, Nadal recorded 2 aces and he committed only 1 double fault. Rafael Nadal lost the serve twice and he saved 2 break points. Furthermore, Nadal put 66% of his first serves in, winning 63% (17/27) of the points behind his 1st serve and 64% (9/14) on the 2nd serve. The Spaniard broke Lajovic 6 times after converting 43% of his break points (6/14).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Rafael hasn’t surrendered yet a set in this tournament to win 63% of the points he played.
Nadal has a a fantastic record in the last 10 years having won 84% of his matches (530-103). 2-0 on clay in 2020. In connection with his performance on the same surface of this event, Nadal has a 235-23 record in the last years on clay.
His best result of the season was winning the title in Acapulco where he beat Taylor Harry Fritz in the final 6-3 6-2.
Rafael has a 15-3 win-loss record in 2020, 2-0 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
Nadal conquered the title last year in Rome after beating Novak Djokovic .
Diego Sebastian Schwartzman
Ranked no. 15, Schwartzman got to the 1st round after beating John Millman 6-4 7-61 and Hubert Hurkacz 3-6 6-2 6-4.
In the 3rd round against Hurkacz, Schwartzman recovered from a 1-set down deficit before winning (3-6 6-2 6-4).-78) than Hurkacz. In fact, the world no. 2 won 78 points vs Hurkacz’s. That means that Schwartzman was more focused during the important points. The Argentine was extremely aggressive to blast 36 winners.
Talking about serving, Schwartzman scored just 1 ace during the entire match and he committed only 6 double faults. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman lost the serve 3 times and he saved 4 break points. Furthermore, Schwartzman put 71% of his first serves in, winning 68% (36/53) of the points behind his 1st serve and 45% (10/22) on the 2nd serve. The Argentine broke Hurkacz 5 times after converting 56% of his break points (5/9).
Overall Performance in this tournament
Diego has conceded 1 set in the tournament to win 51% of the points he played.
Diego’s best result of the current year was reaching the final in Cordoba.
Schwartzman has a 13-8 win-loss record in 2020, 8-2 on clay (See FULL STATS).
Last year in Rome
The Argentine lost in the semifinal to Novak Djokovic.
H2H Performance in the tournament
Matches, sets, games and points
| Points | Nadal | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Match played | 2 | 2 |
| Tot Set | 4 | 5 |
| Tot Games | 30 | 50 |
| Pts | 125-73 | 165-160 |
| Total Points | 198 | 325 |
| Winners | 32 | 67 |
| %Winners | 26% | 41% |
Both Nadal and Schwartzman played 2 matches. At the moment, Diego Sebastian Schwartzman conceded 1 set while Rafael Nadal hasn’t lost a set so far. Nadal has played 1 set(s) less than Schwartzman (4 vs 5). Therefore, Nadal played 20 games less than Schwartzman. Rafael scored 32 winners (26% of the total points). On the other side, Diego managed to score 67 winners (41%).
Serve Performance
| Serve | Nadal | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Aces | 4 | 4 |
| Avg per match | 2 | 2 |
| 1st in | 46/80 | 102/152 |
| %1st in | 58% | 67% |
| 1st pts | 32/46 | 67/102 |
| %1st pts | 70% | 66% |
| 2nd pts | 25/34 | 24/50 |
| %2nd pts | 74% | 48% |
Nadal fired 4 aces (2 per match). Schwartzman struck 4 aces (2 per match). Nadal won 70% points on his first serve. He pretty solid on his second serve to win 74% of the points. On the other side, Schwartzman won 66% of the points on his first serve. He had a solid display on his second serve to win 48% of the points.
How they played the important points
| Breaks | Nadal | Schwartzman |
|---|---|---|
| Won | 11 | 9 |
| Converted | 11/23 | 9/20 |
| % Converted | 48% | 45% |
| Conceded | 5 | 13 |
| Saved | 3 | 7 |
| % Saved | 60% | 54% |
| Times Broken | 2 | 6 |
Rafael broke his opponents 11 times with a 48% conversion rate. Nadal lost his serve twice and he saved 60% of the break points that he conceded. Diego broke his opponents 9 times with a 45% conversion rate. Diego conceded his serve 6 times and he saved 54% of the break points that he conceded.
| Nadal | ||||
| R2 Carreno-Busta |
R3 Lajovic |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-1 6-1 | 6-1 6-3 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Tot Games | 14 | 16 | 30 | |
| pts | 63-32 | 62-41 | 125-73 | |
| Total points | 95 | 103 | 198 | |
| Winners | 15 | 17 | 32 | |
| %Winners | 24% | 27% | 26% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 1st in | 19/39 | 27/41 | 46/80 | |
| % 1st in | 49% | 66% | 58% | |
| 1st pts | 15/19 | 17/27 | 32/46 | |
| % 1st pts | 79% | 63% | 70% | |
| 2nd pts | 16/20 | 9/14 | 25/34 | |
| % 2nd pts | 80% | 64% | 74% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 5 | 6 | 11 | |
| Converted | 5/9 | 6/14 | 11/23 | |
| Converted % | 56% | 43% | 48% | |
| Conceded | 1 | 4 | 5 | |
| Saved | 1/1 | 2/4 | 3 | |
| Saved % | 100% | 50% | 75% | |
| Times Broken | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| Schwartzman | ||||
| R2 Millman |
R3 Hurkacz |
Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | 6-4 7-61 | 3-6 6-2 6-4 | ||
| Tot Set | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Tot Games | 23 | 27 | 50 | |
| pts | 87-80 | 78-80 | 165-160 | |
| Total points | 167 | 158 | 325 | |
| Winners | 31 | 36 | 67 | |
| %Winners | 36% | 46% | 41% | |
| SERVE | ||||
| Aces | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Double Faults | 6 | 6 | 12 | |
| 1st in | 49/77 | 53/75 | 102/152 | |
| % 1st in | 64% | 71% | 67% | |
| 1st pts | 31/49 | 36/53 | 67/102 | |
| % 1st pts | 63% | 68% | 66% | |
| 2nd pts | 14/28 | 10/22 | 24/50 | |
| % 2nd pts | 50% | 45% | 48% | |
| Breaks | ||||
| Won | 4 | 5 | 9 | |
| Converted | 4/11 | 5/9 | 9/20 | |
| Converted % | 36% | 56% | 45% | |
| Conceded | 6 | 7 | 13 | |
| Saved | 3/6 | 4/7 | 7 | |
| Saved % | 50% | 57% | 54% | |
| Times Broken | 3 | 3 | 6 | |
Head 2 Head
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Tennis Scores in Rome
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jannik SinnerSinner (4-6 6-4 6-4) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-75 6-1 6-4) – See score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Marin CilicCilic (6-2 7-66) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-67 6-3) – See score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (7-65 7-61) – See score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (7-6(7) 6-3) – See score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-0) – See score progression
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Hubert HurkaczHurkacz (3-6 6-2 6-4) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Dusan LajovicLajovic (6-1 6-3) – See score progression
Upcoming matches in the draw
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Dominik KoepferKoepfer (0-0) – H2H and prediction
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Casper RuudRuud (1-1) – H2H and prediction
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-2) – H2H and prediction
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Rafael NadalNadal (0-9) – H2H and prediction
