Rafael Nadal dispatches Adrian Mannarino 7-6(14) 6-2 6-2 in the 4th round in Melbourne on Sunday. Nadal will have to play Denis Shapovalov in the quarter. The match lasted 2 hours and 40 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2009. Here you can see his history at this event.
Rafael added to his prize money $ 300,000 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 600,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add $ 500,000 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,100,000 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Adrian Mannarino Australian Open – Melbourne
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
2h:40
At the end of the match, Rafael scored 107 points vs. Mannarino’s 85.
Nadal
Rafael served extremely well to win 88% of the points (42/48) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (24/40) on his second serve. Rafael blasted 16 aces and he committed 6 double faults. Rafael won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points since he converted only 29% (5/17) of the procured opportunities.
Mannarino
On the other side, the French player was pretty good at converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Yet, that was not enough to win the match.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Mannarino is 3-0 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats
Nadal will play Shapovalov in the quarter.
This will be the 5th time that Rafael Nadal and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but Shapovalov leads 1-0 on hard.
The last time that they played, Shapovalov won 3-6 6-4 7-64 in the 3rd round in Montreal back in 2017.
Live score progression and stats
Neither player conceded a service game during this set. Therefore the affair had to be decided at the tiebreak. Finally, Rafael won a thrilling breaker 15-14 after a huge fight with 29 points played.
Tiebreak
The Spaniard won 8 minibreaks in the 8th (4-4), 9th (5-4), 13th (7-6), 16th (8-8), 17th (9-8), 21st (11-10), 24th (12-12) and 28th (14-14) point. On the other side, the French player won 10 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 6th (4-2), 11th (5-6), 14th (7-7), 15th (8-7), 18th (9-9), 22nd (11-11), 23rd (12-11), 27th (14-13) and 29th (15-14) point.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 0-3, 1-3, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 5-4, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 8-8, 9-8, 9-9, 10-9, 10-10, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 12-12, 12-13, 13-13, 13-14, 14-14, 15-14
They contested 94 points. This set was so close that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Rafael surrendered 15 points on serve (34-15). Regarding the other side of the net, Mannarino conceded 13 points on serve (32-13).
Nadal had a favorable start in this set after breaking Adrian Mannarino in the 1st game (1-0). Rafael improved his lead after breaking Mannarino in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
The Spaniard converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40 and 30-40) and the 5th game (3-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 43 points. The Spaniard conquered the set after winning 13 points more than the French player (28-15). Rafael was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (16-2). Regarding the other side of the net, Adrian conceded 12 points on serve (13-12).
Nadal conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Adrian Mannarino in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for Nadal to win the set because the French player succeeded in breaking back in the 2nd (1-1) game. The Spaniard kept his focus to break the French player in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 5th (4-1) game before winning the set (6-2).
A crucial moment of this set was when Rafael won 4 consecutive games in the 3rd set to bring the score from 1-1 to 5-1.
The Spaniard converted 25% of his break points (3/12). He had 12 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40, 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 30-40). On the other side, the French player was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 2nd game (0-1 0-40).
They contested 55 points. Rafael conquered the set after winning 9 points more than the French player (32-23). Rafael dropped 7 points on serve (13-7). In addition, on the other side, Mannarino conceded 19 points on serve (16-19).
Tennis Scores at the Australian Open
- Rafael NadalNadal – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (7-614 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Gael MonfilsMonfils – Miomir KecmanovicKecmanovic (7-5 7-64 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Alexander ZverevZverev (6-3 7-65 6-3) – Stats and score progression
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