Stubborn Nadal survives Shapovalov in the 3rd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal outlasts Shapovalov to take on Alexander Zverev in the quarter

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Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Denis Shapovalov

Rafael Nadal survives Denis Shapovalov 3-6 6-4 7-6(3) in the 3rd round in Rome on Thursday after conquering a huge battle. Nadal will try to keep the momentum against Alexander Zverev in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 27 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament 9 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018 and 2019. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nadal
Rome
Nadal's Record

Nadal added to his prize money € 16,900 after conquering this match. He has won already € 45,100 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add € 37,200 to his earnings to get in total € 82,300 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Denis Shapovalov Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Shapovalov
Rafael Nadal
3-6 6-4 7-63
3h:27
Denis Shapovalov
119
119
Total points
114
114
53
53
Winners
45
45
45%
45%
Ratio Winners
39%
39%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
12
12
2
2
Double Faults
5
5
69%
69%
1st in
58%
58%
65%
65%
1st won
68%
68%
53/82
53/82
1st won
45/66
45/66
46%
46%
2nd won
42%
42%
17/37
17/37
2nd won
20/48
20/48
-- Break Points --
4/14
4/14
Total
5/10
5/10
29%
29%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, Rafael scored 119 points vs. Denis’s 114.

Nadal

Nadal won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points after he converted only 29% (4/14) of the procured opportunities.

Shapovalov

On the other side, the Canadian didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he procured points (5/10). Nonetheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Shapovalov is 3-1 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Alexander Zverev – stats

Nadal will come up against Zverev in the quarter.

This will be the 9th time that Rafael Nadal and Alexander Zverev face off. The head to head is 5-3 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 3-1 on clay.

The last time that they fought against each other, Zverev won 6-4 6-4 in the quarter in Madrid back in May 2021.

Rafael Nadal Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Zverev enjoyed quite a good start of the set after breaking Nadal in the 1st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Yet, that was not enough for Denis to win the set because the Spaniard found the way to break back in the 6th (2-4) game. The Canadian kept his cool to break the Spaniard in the 9th (6-3) game.

An important stage of this set was when Shapovalov won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

The Canadian converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 6th game (1-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They played 67 points. Shapovalov won 7 more points than Rafael (37-30). Denis conceded 9 points on serve (15-9). on the other side of the net, Nadal conceded 22 points on serve (21-22).

Zverev conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Nadal in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Anyhow, Rafael managed to stage a great comeback to break Shapovalov in the 5th (2-3) and in the 7th (4-3) game before winning the set (6-4).

The Canadian lost the 5th game (2-3) when he was comfortably leading 40-0. It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Nadal won 5 consecutive games in the 2nd set so as to bring the score from 0-3 to 5-3.

Rafael converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 40-A), the 5th (1-3 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 30-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, the Canadian converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A) and the 3rd game (3-0 30-40).

They played 74 points. Nadal was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than Shapovalov (39-35). Nadal conceded 13 points on serve (20-13). on the other side of the court, Denis conceded 19 points on serve (22-19).

Rafael won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 4th (1-3) game, Nadal broke back in the 5th (2-3) game before bringing the set at the breaker that he won 7-3.

Tiebreak

Rafael won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 8th (6-2) and 10th (7-3) point. On the other side, Shapovalov won a minibreak in the 6th (2-4) point.

Rafael won the tiebreak 7-3 after he conquered a decisive 4-2 lead.

This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 5-2, 6-2, 6-3, 7-3

The Spaniard converted 16% of his break points (1/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 6th (3-3 30-40) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, Shapovalov converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40).

They played 89 points. Rafael conquered the set after winning 5 points more than the Canadian (47-42). Rafael dropped 13 points on serve (27-13). on the other side of the court, Denis conceded 20 points on serve (29-20).

 

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