Remarkable Nadal blitzes Giron in the 1st round. HIGHLIGHTS – AUSTRALIAN OPEN RESULTS

AUSTRALIAN OPEN - MELBOURNE DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal rolls past Giron

Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Marcos Giron

Rafael Nadal makes light work of Marcos Giron 6-1 6-4 6-2 in the 1st round in Melbourne on Monday after playing a remarkable match. The match lasted 1 hour and 49 minutes. Rafael won this tournament once in 2009. Here you can see his history at this event.

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The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 50,000 after winning this match. He has won already $ 140,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add $ 40,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 180,000 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Marcos Giron Australian Open – Melbourne

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Giron
91
91
Total points
55
55
43
43
Winners
26
26
47%
47%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
26
26
Unforced
23
23
53%
53%
Ratio Unforced
47%
47%
18/25
18/25
Net Approaches
5/14
5/14
72%
72%
Perc
36%
36%
-- Serve --
7
7
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
2
2
71%
71%
1st in
66%
66%
84%
84%
1st won
53%
53%
43/51
43/51
1st won
26/49
26/49
62%
62%
2nd won
52%
52%
13/21
13/21
2nd won
13/25
13/25
198
198
Fastest serve
205
205
188
188
AVG 1st Serve
176
176
165
165
AVG 2nd Serve
138
138
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
0/2
0/2
56%
56%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Rafael scored 91 points vs. the American’s 55.

Nadal

Rafael served extremely well to win 84% of the points (43/51) behind his first serve, and he won 62% points (13/21) on his second serve. Nadal was pretty good at converting 56% of the break points that he procured (5/9).

Giron

On the other side, Giron wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

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

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Nadal was far too good to drop barely 1 game before breaking Giron 2 times and wrap up the set 6-1.

Marcos was powerless in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-1 to 6-1.

Nadal was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (2-1 40-A) and the 6th game (4-1 0-40). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 37 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 17 more points than the American (27-10). Nadal was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (16-3). on the other side of the court, Giron conceded 11 points on serve (7-11).

Nadal had a great start in this set after breaking Marcos Giron in the 1st game (1-0). That break turned to be decisive for Nadal to win the set (6-4) as there were no other breaks.

Nadal converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Marcos wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 2nd game (0-1 40-A).

They contested 65 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Giron (35-30). Rafael lost 9 points on serve (23-9). In addition, on the other side, Marcos conceded 12 points on serve (21-12).

Nadal had a racing start in this set after breaking Marcos Giron in the 1st game (1-0). The Spaniard improved his lead after breaking Marcos in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).

Rafael was on the money in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, Giron wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 8th game (2-5 30-40).

They contested 44 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 14 more points than Giron (29-15). Nadal was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (17-4). On the other side, the American conceded 12 points on serve (11-12).

 

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