Rafael Nadal beats Kei Nishikori 6-0 2-6 6-2 in the 3rd round in Barcelona on Thursday. Nadal will seek to keep on going in this event against Cameron Norrie in the quarter. The battle lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes. Nadal won this tournament 11 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Nadal's Record

Nadal added to his prize money € 17,280 after winning this match. He has won already € 42,180 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 27,660 to his earnings to get in total € 69,840 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Kei Nishikori Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Nishikori
6-0 2-6 6-2
2h:19
87
87
Total points
74
74
32
32
Winners
27
27
37%
37%
Ratio Winners
36%
36%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
60%
60%
1st in
62%
62%
65%
65%
1st won
55%
55%
32/49
32/49
1st won
27/49
27/49
52%
52%
2nd won
47%
47%
17/33
17/33
2nd won
14/30
14/30
-- Break Points --
5/11
5/11
Total
2/13
2/13
45%
45%
Won
15%
15%
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At the end of the match, Nadal scored 87 points vs. the Japanese’s 74.

Nadal

Rafael won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities.

Nishikori

On the other side, the Japanese had a tough time converting his break points (only 15% – 2/13). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Nishikori is 12-2 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Cameron Norrie – stats

Nadal will take on Norrie in the quarter.

This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Nadal and Cameron Norrie face off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 7-5 6-2 7-5 in the 3rd round in Australian open back in February 2021.

Live score progression and stats

There was not much of a fight in this set because Nadal conceded no games to Kei before winning the set 6-0.

Nadal was on the money in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 30-40) and the 6th game (5-0 15-40). On the other side, the Japanese was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 40 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 14 points more than Kei (27-13). Nadal dropped 7 points on serve (14-7). on the other side of the net, the Japanese conceded 13 points on serve (6-13).

Kei in this set was too strong for the Spaniard and without struggling too much he won 6-2

after breaking the Spaniard in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 7th (5-2) game.

Nishikori converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40), the 5th (3-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Rafael wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 1st game (0-0 30-40).

They played 57 points. Kei won 9 points more than the Spaniard (33-24). Kei conceded 9 points on serve (18-9). On the other side, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (15-15).

Rafael in this set was too good for Nishikori and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Kei in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

The Spaniard converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (4-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Kei was unable to convert any of his 5 break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 7th game (2-4 30-40).

They played 64 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Kei (36-28). Nadal lost 11 points on serve (20-11). On the losing side, Nishikori conceded 16 points on serve (17-16).

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