Nadal topples Opelka in the semifinal. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

    INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal defeats Opelka to play Novak Djokovic in the final

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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Reilly Opelka

    Rafael Nadal tops Reilly Opelka 6-4 6-4 in the semifinal in Rome on Saturday. Nadal will play against Novak Djokovic in the final. The match lasted 1 hour and 32 minutes. Nadal 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

    The Spaniard added to his prize money € 62,700 after conquering this match. He has won already € 145,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add € 100,085 to his earnings to get in total € 245,085 in total.

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Reilly Opelka Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Nadal
    Opelka
    Rafael Nadal
    6-4 6-4
    1h:32
    Reilly Opelka
    63
    63
    Total points
    55
    55
    36
    36
    Winners
    27
    27
    57%
    57%
    Ratio Winners
    49%
    49%
    -- Serve --
    5
    5
    Aces
    11
    11
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    1
    1
    75%
    75%
    1st in
    52%
    52%
    84%
    84%
    1st won
    84%
    84%
    36/43
    36/43
    1st won
    27/32
    27/32
    57%
    57%
    2nd won
    52%
    52%
    8/14
    8/14
    2nd won
    15/29
    15/29
    -- Break Points --
    2/7
    2/7
    Total
    0/4
    0/4
    29%
    29%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Nadal scored 63 points vs. Opelka’s 55.

    Nadal

    Nadal served extremely well to win 84% of the points (36/43) behind his first serve, and he won 57% points (8/14) on his second serve. The Spaniard won this match even if he was battling in converting his break points as he converted only 29% (2/7) of the procured opportunities.

    Opelka

    On the other side, Reilly wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

    Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic – stats

    Nadal will take on Djokovic in the final.

    This will be the 57th time that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic square off. The head to head is 29-27 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Nadal leads 18-7 on clay.

    The last time that they fought against each other, Djokovic won 6-4 3-6 7-69 3-6 10-8 in the semifinal in London back in 2018.

    Rafael Nadal Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Rafael snatched in the 5th game (3-2) just before eventually winning the set (6-4).

    Rafael converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 5th (2-2 30-40) and the 7th game (4-2 40-A, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Opelka was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th game (2-1 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

    They played 66 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the American (36-30). The Spaniard lost 8 points on serve (24-8). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 12 points on serve (22-12).

    The Spaniard won the set after he broke Reilly in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 6th (4-2) game.

    Nadal converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 52 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Rafael won just 2 more points than the American (27-25). Nadal dropped 5 points on serve (20-5). On the losing side, Opelka conceded 7 points on serve (20-7).

     

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