Rafael Nadal bests Cameron Norrie 7-5 6-2 7-5 in the 3rd round in Melbourne on Saturday. The match lasted 2 hours and 14 minutes.
Rafael added to his prize money $ 105,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 320,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add $ 205,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 525,000 in total.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Fabio Fognini – stats
Nadal will play Fognini in the 4th round. This will be the 17th time that Rafael Nadal and Fabio Fognini face off. The head to head is 12-4 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 6-1 on hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Nadal won 7-63 3-6 6-4 in the 2nd round in Madrid back in 2017.
Rafal is well aware that Fabio is a very dangerous player that is very well aware he can beat him any time. Fognini is the only player that has ever managed to beat Nadal when the Mallorcan was lading by 2 sets. That happened back in 2015 at the US Open.
Talking about Fabio, Nadal commented. He commented:
“We’ve played a lot of times and he’s beaten me a couple of times. He’s come here after an injury, so he will be hungry to do well.
That’s a very impressive victory against de Minaur, in straight sets. So he will come to our match with plenty of confidence, and of course you never expect an easy match at this stage. I need to be ready.”
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Cameron Norrie Australian Open – Melbourne
Nadal’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:14
At the end of the match, Nadal scored 107 points vs. Norrie’s 79.
Nadal
Rafael served extremely well to win 77% of the points (43/56) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (18/26) on his second serve. Nadal won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points since he converted only 42% (5/12) of the procured opportunities.
Norrie
On the other side, Norrie was remarkable in converting the only break point that he converted. Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Norrie is 1-0 for Rafael.
Live score progression and stats
Rafael clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, Rafael broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
Rafael failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
Nadal surrendered 8 points on serve (21-8). On the losing side, Norrie conceded 17 points on serve (20-17).
Rafael in this set didn’t concede much to Norrie and without too much hustling he won 6-2 after breaking Cameron in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Cameron was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-2 to 6-2.
Rafael converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 5th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (5-2 15-40). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 44 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than Norrie (29-15). Nadal conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the court, Norrie conceded 13 points on serve (10-13).
Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nadal conquered in the 12th game (7-5).
They contested 76 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 6 points more than Norrie (41-35). Rafael surrendered 8 points on serve (24-8). on the other side of the court, Cameron conceded 17 points on serve (27-17).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
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- Casper RuudRuud – Radu AlbotAlbot (6-1 5-7 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Karen KhachanovKhachanov (7-61 7-65 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Lloyd HarrisHarris (7-67 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Cameron NorrieNorrie (7-5 6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (6-3 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Feliciano LopezLopez (7-5 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (6-4 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Dominic ThiemThiem – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (4-6 4-6 6-3 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Milos RaonicRaonic – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (7-62 5-7 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
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- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (6-0 1-0 ret.) – Stats and score progression
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (7-5 7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-76 7-5 6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Aslan KaratsevKaratsev – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Fabio FogniniFognini – Rafael NadalNadal (4-12) – H2H details and stats
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Alexander ZverevZverev (5-2) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-3) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Casper RuudRuud (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (2-0) – H2H details and stats
