Rafael Nadal downs Alexander Zverev 6-3 6-4 in the quarter in Rome on Friday. Nadal will clash against Reilly Opelka in the semifinal. The match lasted 1 hour and 59 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.

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Nadal's Record

Nadal added to his prize money € 37,200 after winning this match. He has won already € 82,300 so far in this competition. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add € 62,700 to his earnings to get in total € 145,000.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Alexander Zverev Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Zverev
6-3 6-4
1h:59
72
72
Total points
61
61
29
29
Winners
28
28
40%
40%
Ratio Winners
46%
46%
-- Serve --
1
1
Aces
6
6
0
0
Double Faults
3
3
72%
72%
1st in
69%
69%
58%
58%
1st won
64%
64%
29/50
29/50
1st won
28/44
28/44
79%
79%
2nd won
40%
40%
15/19
15/19
2nd won
8/20
8/20
-- Break Points --
3/6
3/6
Total
1/10
1/10
50%
50%
Won
10%
10%
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At the end of the match, Nadal scored 72 points vs. Alexander’s 61.

Nadal

The Spaniard was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he procured (3/6).

Zverev

On the other side, Zverev was battling in converting his break points (only 10% – 1/10). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Zverev is 6-3 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Reilly Opelka – stats

Nadal will play Opelka in the semifinal.

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Reilly Opelka since this will be the first time that they will square off in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

Nadal didn’t want to give any chance to the opposition at the beginning of the set after breaking Opelka in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Nonetheless, there was more work to do for Rafael to win the set since Zverev managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) game.

It is worth noting that a key moment of this set was when Nadal won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the game count from 0-0 to 4-0.

They played 55 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 11 points more than Alexander (33-22). Nadal conceded 9 points on serve (20-9). On the losing side, Zverev conceded 13 points on serve (13-13

).

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nadal grabbed in the 5th game (3-2) before ultimately winning the set (6-4).

The Spaniard converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40) and the 5th game (2-2 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Zverev was unable to convert any of his 8 break points. He had 8 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 10th game (4-5 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 79 points. The set was a huge battle since finally the Spaniard won just 3 points more than Alexander (41-38). Rafael dropped 15 points on serve (26-15). on the other side of the net, the German conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).

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