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.
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
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.
Live score progression and stats
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).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Brandon NakashimaNakashima (4-6 6-2 7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Cameron NorrieNorrie (6-3 6-0 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Fabio FogniniFognini (6-1 6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Dominik KoepferKoepfer – Carlos TabernerTaberner (6-1 3-6 6-4 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Dusan LajovicLajovic – Marton FucsovicsFucsovics (6-3 4-6 6-1 6-76 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Alejandro TabiloTabilo (6-2 6-2 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Federico DelbonisDelbonis (7-615 3-6 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Federico CoriaCoria (6-1 6-1 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (6-1 6-2 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Laslo DjereDjere (7-63 6-4 3-6 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Alexander BublikBublik – Ernesto EscobedoEscobedo (3-6 7-65 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Benjamin BonziBonzi – Peter GojowczykGojowczyk (6-3 6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Denis KudlaKudla (3-6 6-3 6-2 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Jiri VeselyVesely (7-5 6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Egor GerasimovGerasimov (6-2 7-63 6-75 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Aleksandar VukicVukic – Lloyd HarrisHarris (4-6 6-3 7-5 7-63) – Stats and score progression
- Cristian GarinGarin – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-3 6-4 5-7 6-74 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Marcos GironGiron (6-1 6-4 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Adrian MannarinoMannarino – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-4 2-6 3-6 6-2 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Yoshihito NishiokaNishioka (6-3 6-4 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune (3-6 6-4 3-6 6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Corentin MoutetMoutet – Lucas PouillePouille (3-6 6-3 6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Feliciano LopezLopez – John MillmanMillman (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Philipp KohlschreiberKohlschreiber – Marco CecchinatoCecchinato (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andreas SeppiSeppi – Kamil MajchrzakMajchrzak (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Stefano TravagliaTravaglia (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sam QuerreyQuerrey – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Alexander BublikBublik (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Mikhail KukushkinKukushkin – Tommy PaulPaul (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniel EvansEvans – David GoffinGoffin (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Radu AlbotAlbot – Aleksandar VukicVukic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emilio GomezGomez – Marin CilicCilic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Steve JohnsonJohnson – Jordan ThompsonThompson (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Joao SousaSousa – Jannik SinnerSinner (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Jiri LeheckaLehecka (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Benoit PairePaire – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Damir DzumhurDzumhur – Pablo AndujarAndujar (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nikoloz BasilashviliBasilashvili – Andy MurrayMurray (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Yannick HanfmannHanfmann – Thanasi KokkinakisKokkinakis (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Salvatore CarusoCaruso – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman – Filip KrajinovicKrajinovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Liam BroadyBroady – Nick KyrgiosKyrgios (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Taro DanielDaniel – Marcelo Tomas Barrios VeraTomas Barrios Vera (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Oscar OtteOtte – Chun Hsin TsengHsin Tseng (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Richard BerankisBerankis (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Nikola MilojevicMilojevic – Mackenzie McdonaldMcdonald (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maximilian MartererMarterer – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexander ZverevZverev – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp – Jan-Lennard StruffStruff (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Christopher O ConnellO Connell – Hugo GastonGaston (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Karen KhachanovKhachanov – Benjamin BonziBonzi (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Stefan KozlovKozlov – Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero – Christian GarinGarin (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Reilly OpelkaOpelka – Kevin AndersonAnderson (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Soon-Woo KwonKwon – Denis ShapovalovShapovalov (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Gianluca MagerMager (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Frances TiafoeTiafoe – Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar – Aslan KaratsevKaratsev (0-1) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Alex MolcanMolcan (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Pablo Carreno-BustaCarreno-Busta (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Alexei PopyrinPopyrin – Arthur RinderknechRinderknech (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Mikael YmerYmer – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (0-2) – H2H details and stats
- Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Alex BoltBolt (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Emil RuusuvuoriRuusuvuori – Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Ugo HumbertHumbert – Richard GasquetGasquet (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian KordaKorda – Corentin MoutetMoutet (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sebastian BaezBaez – Albert Ramos-VinolasRamos-Vinolas (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Maxime CressyCressy – John IsnerIsner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Norbert GombosGombos (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tomas MachacMachac – Juan Manuel CerundoloManuel Cerundolo (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Lorenzo MusettiMusetti – Alex De MinaurDe Minaur (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Carlos Alcaraz GarfiaAlcaraz Garfia – Dusan LajovicLajovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats