Rafael Nadal overcomes Daniil Medvedev 6-3 6-3 in the semifinal in Acapulco on Friday. Nadal will play against Cameron Norrie in the final. The battle lasted exactly 2 hours. Nadal won this tournament 3 times in 2005, 2013 and 2020. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money $ 79,515 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 169,500 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add $ 144,955 to his earnings to get in total $ 314,455 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev Abierto Mexicano Telcel – Acapulco
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 81 points vs. the Russian’s 63.
Nadal
Nadal was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (3/6).
Medvedev
On the other side, Daniil wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/11). That was one of the key issues for his demise.
After this contest, the head to head between Nadal and Medvedev is 5-1 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Cameron Norrie – stats
Nadal will take on Norrie in the final.
This will be the 4th time that Rafael Nadal and Cameron Norrie face off. The head to head is 3-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Rafael clinched in the 4th
game (3-1) prior to finally conquering the set (6-3).They contested 61 points. The Spaniard won 11 points more than the Russian (36-25). Nadal dropped 9 points on serve (21-9). on the other side of the court, Daniil conceded 15 points on serve (16-15).
Nadal commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Daniil Medvedev in the 1st
game (1-0). Rafael reinforced his lead after breaking Medvedev in the 9th (6-3) game before conquering the set.Medvedev lost the 9th game (6-3) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
Rafael converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 9th game (5-3 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, the Russian was unable to convert any of his 11 break points. He had 11 break points opportunities in the 4th (1-2 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 6th game (2-3 30-40, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A).
They contested 83 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 9 more points than Medvedev (46-37). Nadal conceded 19 points on serve (31-19). on the other side of the net, Medvedev conceded 15 points on serve (18-15).
Tennis Scores in Acapulco
- Rafael NadalNadal – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-3 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Cameron NorrieNorrie (3-0) – H2H details and stats