Rafael Nadal beats Richard Berankis 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Melbourne on Thursday. Nadal will clash against Tallon Griekspoor in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 31 minutes.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 6,600 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 15,490 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add $ 11,730 to his earnings to get in total $ 27,220 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Richard Berankis Melbourne Summer Set – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, Rafael scored 68 points vs. Berankis’s 53.
Nadal
Nadal served extremely well to win 78% of the points (28/36) behind his first serve. Nonetheless he won only 43% points (9/21) on his second serve. Rafael was pretty focused in converting 63% of the break points that he conquered (5/8).
Berankis
On the other side, Berankis was remarkable in converting all his break points (2/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Berankis is 1-0 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Tallon Griekspoor – stats
Nadal will face Griekspoor in the quarter.
There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Tallon Griekspoor since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Live score progression and stats
The Spaniard in this set stepped up in a great fashion to overplay Berankis and without struggling too much he won 6-2 after breaking Berankis in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
Nadal converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (2-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 9 points more than Richard (26-17). Rafael was extremely solid on serve to drop just 4 points (16-4). on the other side of the court, Richard conceded 10 points on serve (13-10).
Nadal was pretty sharp at the beginning of the set after breaking Richard Berankis in the 2nd
game (2-0). Notwithstanding, that was not enough for Rafael to win the set as the Lithuanian managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 9th (4-5) game. Rafael kept his focus to break Richard in the 6th (4-2) and in the 12th (7-5) game.The Spaniard converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 6th (3-2 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Lithuanian was flawless in converting all his break points in the 3rd (0-2 40-A) and the 8th game (3-5 15-40).
They contested 78 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 6 more points than the Lithuanian (42-36). Nadal dropped 16 points on serve (21-16). On the other side, Berankis conceded 21 points on serve (20-21).
Tennis Scores in Melbourne
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-3 4-6 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Maxime CressyCressy – Reilly OpelkaOpelka (4-6 7-65 7-69) – Stats and score progression
- Alex MolcanMolcan – David GoffinGoffin (7-5 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Facundo BagnisBagnis (5-7 7-63 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Richard BerankisBerankis (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Jordan ThompsonThompson (7-63 5-7 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (6-1 7-5) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Maxime CressyCressy (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alex MolcanMolcan – Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori (0-0) – H2H details and stats