Rafael Nadal hustles Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0 in the quarter in Paris on Wednesday. Nadal will square off with Novak Djokovic in the semifinal. The match lasted 2 hours and 45 minutes. Nadal won this tournament 13 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 120,000 after winning this match. He has won already € 375,000 as of now in the tournament. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add € 375,000 to his earnings to get in total € 750,000.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman French Open – Paris
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Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Nadal scored 108 points vs. the Argentine’s 77.
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Rafael didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (7/14).
Schwartzman
On the other side, Schwartzman was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered points (3/4). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Schwartzman is 11-1 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Novak Djokovic – stats
Nadal will take on Djokovic in the semifinal.
This will be the 58th time that Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic clash against each other. The head to head is 29-28 for Djokovic (see full H2H stats), but Nadal leads 19-7 on clay.
The last time that they fought against each other, Nadal won 7-5 1-6 6-3 in the final in Rome back in May 2021.
Live score progression and stats
Rafael won the set after he broke Schwartzman in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game. The Argentine tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (4-3) game. Yet, the Spaniard kept the situation under control to conquer the set 6-3.
The Spaniard converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40 and 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). Moreover, on the other side, the Argentine converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 7th game (2-4 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 52 points. Nadal won 10 more points than the Argentine (31-21). Nadal lost 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the court, Schwartzman conceded 14 points on serve (12-14).
Djokovic had a great start in this set after breaking Nadal in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Diego to win the set because Rafael found the way to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. The Argentine kept his focus to break Nadal in the 10th (6-4) game.
Schwartzman converted 100% of his break points (2/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard was spot on in converting all his break points in the 5th game (1-3 0-40 and 15-40).
They contested 53 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Schwartzman won just 3 points more than Nadal (28-25). The Argentine conceded 9 points on serve (17-9). on the other side of the net, Rafael conceded 11 points on serve (16-11).
The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Rafael clinched in the 9th game (5-4) prior to ultimately conquering the set (6-4).
Diego was completely wiped out in the last 3 games of the set when the score went from 3-4 to 6-4.
The Spaniard conceded 5 points on serve (20-5). In addition, on the other side, Schwartzman conceded 8 points on serve (19-8).
The Argentine was unable to hold the serve for the entire set and Nadal won the set 6-0.
Nadal was flawless in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 3rd (2-0 0-40) and the 5th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 30 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 20 points more than Schwartzman (25-5). Rafael was absolutely perfect on serve to concede only 1 point during his serving games (12-1). On the losing side, Diego conceded 13 points on serve (4-13).
Tennis Scores at the Roland Garros
- Rafael NadalNadal – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-3 4-6 6-4 6-0) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (6-3 6-2 6-75 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 7-63 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina (6-4 6-1 6-1) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Rafael NadalNadal (29-28) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (2-5) – H2H details and stats
