Rafael Nadal conquers Maxime Cressy 7-6(6) 6-3 in the final in Melbourne on Sunday. The match lasted 1 hour and 47 minutes. This is the first time that Rafael conquered this tournament. He has never played this tournament so far.
Nadal added $ 39,005 to his prize money after conquering this final. He has earned $ 87,370 in total after conquering this tournament.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Maxime Cressy Melbourne Summer Set – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:47
At the end of the match, Nadal scored 73 points vs. Maxime’s 61.
Nadal
The Spaniard served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (32/41) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (15/23) on his second serve. Rafael won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points after he converted only 25% (2/8) of the procured opportunities.
Cressy
On the other side, Cressy was exceptional in converting the only break point that he converted. However, that was not enough to win the contest.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Cressy is 1-0 for Rafael.
This was the 89th career title for Nadal. (see list of titles and finals). The American lost the opportunity to win his title at the first attempt. (see list of titles and finals)
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Nothing could divide these 2 players that had to fight for the set only at the tiebreak. Eventually, Rafael won a thrilling breaker 8-6 after a huge fight with 14 points played.
Tiebreak
Rafael won 4 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 12th (6-6), 13th (7-6) and 14th (8-6) point. On the other side, Maxime won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (3-3) and 11th (6-5) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 3-1, 3-2, 3-3, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 5-5, 5-6, 6-6, 7-6, 8-6
Rafael was unable to convert any of the 5 conquered break points. He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40 and 40-A). Rafael saved 2 set points when he was 4-5 and 5-6 down. On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They contested 86 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the American (45-41). Rafael lost 8 points on serve (28-8). on the other side of the court, Maxime conceded 17 points on serve (33-17).
Nadal won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.
Rafael converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40). On the other side, Cressy was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (1-1 15-40).
They played 48 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 8 points more than Cressy (28-20). Nadal surrendered 9 points on serve (18-9). In addition, on the other side, Cressy conceded 10 points on serve (11-10).
