Uncompromising Nadal sweeps aside Delbonis in the 2nd round. HIGHLIGHTS – MONTE CARLO ROLEX MASTERS RESULTS

    MONTE-CARLO ROLEX MASTERS - MONTE-CARLO DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal thumps Delbonis to take on Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd round

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Federico Delbonis

    Rafael Nadal soars past Federico Delbonis 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Wednesday after playing a good match to come up against Grigor Dimitrov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 20 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament 11 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Nadal
    Carlo Rolex Masters
    Nadal's Record

    The Spaniard added to his prize money € 10,900 after conquering this match. He has won already € 29,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add € 17,500 to his earnings to get in total € 46,500 in total.

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Federico Delbonis Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters – Monte-Carlo

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Nadal
    Delbonis
    Rafael Nadal
    6-1 6-2
    1h:20
    Federico Delbonis
    63
    63
    Total points
    38
    38
    24
    24
    Winners
    17
    17
    38%
    38%
    Ratio Winners
    45%
    45%
    -- Serve --
    2
    2
    Aces
    0
    0
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    4
    4
    63%
    63%
    1st in
    63%
    63%
    73%
    73%
    1st won
    55%
    55%
    24/33
    24/33
    1st won
    17/31
    17/31
    58%
    58%
    2nd won
    22%
    22%
    11/19
    11/19
    2nd won
    4/18
    4/18
    -- Break Points --
    5/11
    5/11
    Total
    1/5
    1/5
    45%
    45%
    Won
    20%
    20%
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    At the end of the match, Rafael scored 63 points vs. Delbonis’s 38.

    Nadal

    Rafael won this match even if he had a tough time converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

    Delbonis

    On the other side, the Argentine had some problems converting his break points (only 20% – 1/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

    After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Delbonis is 5-0 for Rafael.

    Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats

    Nadal will square off with Dimitrov in the 3rd round.

    This will be the 15th time that Rafael Nadal and Grigor Dimitrov fight against each other. The head to head is 13-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 5-0 on clay.

    The last time that they squared off, Dimitrov won 6-2 6-4 in the quarter in Beijing back in 2016.

    Rafael Nadal Draw info

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    1st Set -
    Nadal HTML
    NadalDelbonis
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    N
    0
    0
    D
    0
    0

    Nadal had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. The Spaniard improved his lead after breaking the Argentine in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

    A defining moment of this set was when Rafael won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the score from 0-0 to 5-0.

    Nadal was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 30-40). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They contested 39 points. The Spaniard won 13 more points than Delbonis (26-13). Nadal lost 5 points on serve (16-5). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 10 points on serve (8-10).

    2nd Set -
    Nadal Not
    Not
    0
    0
    0
    0

    Nadal conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Dimitrov in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Yet, there was more work to do for the Spaniard to win the set as Delbonis managed to break back in the 4th (1-3) game. Rafael kept his focus to break Delbonis in the 7th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

    They contested 62 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than the Argentine (37-25). The Spaniard conceded 12 points on serve (19-12). In addition, on the other side, Delbonis conceded 18 points on serve (13-18).

     

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