Rafael Nadal wins against Paul in the quarter. HIGHLIGHTS – ACAPULCO RESULTS

    ABIERTO MEXICANO TELCEL - ACAPULCO DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal prevails over Paul to play Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Tommy Paul

    Rafael Nadal prevails over Tommy Paul 6-0 7-6(5) in the quarter in Acapulco on Thursday. Nadal will have to play Daniil Medvedev in the semifinal. The battle lasted 2 hours and 3 minutes. Nadal won this tournament 3 times in 2005, 2013 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Nadal
    Acapulco
    Nadal's Record

    Nadal added to his prize money $ 44,010 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 89,985 so far in this tournament. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add $ 79,515 to his earnings to get in total $ 169,500.

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Tommy Paul Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Nadal
    Paul
    Rafael Nadal
    6-0 7-65
    2h:03
    Tommy Paul
    82
    82
    Total points
    61
    61
    27
    27
    Winners
    26
    26
    33%
    33%
    Ratio Winners
    43%
    43%
    -- Serve --
    2
    2
    Aces
    4
    4
    4
    4
    Double Faults
    2
    2
    58%
    58%
    1st in
    62%
    62%
    69%
    69%
    1st won
    55%
    55%
    27/39
    27/39
    1st won
    26/47
    26/47
    46%
    46%
    2nd won
    28%
    28%
    13/28
    13/28
    2nd won
    8/29
    8/29
    -- Break Points --
    6/14
    6/14
    Total
    3/7
    3/7
    43%
    43%
    Won
    43%
    43%
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    At the end of the match, Rafael scored 82 points vs. Paul’s 61.

    Nadal

    Rafael won this match even if he had some problems converting his break points after he converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

    Paul

    On the other side, the American was battling in converting his break points (only 43% – 3/7). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

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

    Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

    Nadal will compete against Medvedev in the semifinal.

    This will be the 6th time that Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev square off. The head to head is 4-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 3-0 on hard.

    The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 2-6 6-75 6-4 6-4 7-5 in the final in Australian open back in January 2022.

    Rafael Nadal Draw info

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    1st Set -
    Nadal HTML
    NadalPaul
    HTML
    N
    0
    0
    P
    0
    0

    There was not much story in this set as Nadal conceded no games to Paul before winning the set 6-0.

    The Spaniard converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 40-A), the 4th (3-0 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 6th game (5-0 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They contested 37 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 17 more points than the American (27-10). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 15 points on serve (8-15).

    2nd Set -
    Nadal Not
    Not
    0
    0
    0
    0

    Medvedev had a pretty good kick start of the set after breaking Tommy Paul in the 1st game (1-0). However, the Spaniard refused to bow to come back to break Tommy 3 times in the 4th (2-2), in the 6th (3-3) and in the 10th (5-5) game before winning the set at the breaker at 5.

    Tiebreak

    Rafael won 4 minibreaks in the 3rd (1-2), 6th (4-2), 11th (6-5) and 12th (7-5) point. On the other side, Paul won 2 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0) and 9th (4-5) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 0-2, 1-2, 2-2, 3-2, 4-2, 4-3, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 6-5, 7-5

    Rafael converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (2-3 15-40), the 8th (3-4 40-A), the 9th (4-5 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 40-A and 40-A). In addition on the other side, the American converted 42% of his break points (3/7). He had his opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 5th (2-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 7th (3-3 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40 and 40-A).

    They played 106 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 4 points more than the American (55-51). The Spaniard lost 25 points on serve (27-25). On the losing side, the American conceded 28 points on serve (26-28).

     

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