Remarkable Nadal rolls over Alcaraz Garfia in the 2nd round of the Mutua Madrid Open. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

    MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal breezes past Alcaraz Garfia to take on Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round

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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia

    Rafael Nadal breezes past Carlos Alcaraz Garfia 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Wednesday in what was an all-Spaniard contest after playing a remarkable match to face off with Alexei Popyrin in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 17 minutes. Rafael won this tournament 5 times in 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.

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    Nadal added to his prize money € 13,680 after winning this match. He has won already € 36,400 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add € 21,970 to his earnings to get in total € 58,370 in total.

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz Garfia Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

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    At the end of the match, Nadal scored 56 points vs. Carlos’s 27.

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    Rafael served pretty well to win 81% of the points (21/26) behind his first serve, and he won 58% points (11/19) on his second serve. Nadal was effective when converting 71% of the break points that he conquered (5/7).

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    On the other side, Carlos was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

    After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Alcaraz Garfia is 1-0 for Rafael.

    Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Alexei Popyrin – stats

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

    There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Alexei Popyrin since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

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    Nadal had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Popyrin in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Rafael improved his lead after breaking Alcaraz Garfia in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).

    One of the most important stints of the set was when Rafael won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.

    Nadal was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 4th game (3-0 0-40). On the other side, Alcaraz Garfia wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 0th game (0-0 30-40).

    They contested 36 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 16 points more than Alcaraz Garfia (26-10). Nadal was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (17-4). on the other side of the net, Carlos conceded 9 points on serve (6-9).

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    Nadal had a favorable start in this set after breaking Popyrin in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, that was not enough for Nadal to win the set since Carlos succeeded in breaking back in the 4th (1-3) game. Rafael kept his focus to break Carlos in the 5th (4-1) game before conquering the set (6-2).

    Nadal converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40 and 15-40), the 5th (3-1 0-40) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). In addition on the other side, Carlos converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th game (0-3 30-40 and 40-A).

    They contested 47 points. Nadal was the one to win the set after conquering 13 more points than Carlos (30-17). Nadal lost 9 points on serve (15-9). On the losing side, Alcaraz Garfia conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).

     

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