Determined Nadal outlasts Goffin in the 3rd round. HIGHLIGHTS – MADRID RESULTS

    MUTUA MADRID OPEN - MADRID DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal survives Goffin to play Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. David Goffin

    Rafael Nadal outlasts David Goffin 6-3 5-7 7-6(9) in the 3rd round in Madrid on Thursday after winning a huge battle. Nadal will fight against Carlos Alcaraz in the quarter. The epic lasted 3 hours and 9 minutes. Rafael won this tournament 5 times in 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Nadal
    Madrid
    Nadal's Record

    The Spaniard added to his prize money € 78,905 after winning this match. He has won already € 169,650 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 141,375 to his earnings to get in total € 311,025 in total.

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. David Goffin Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Nadal
    Goffin
    Rafael Nadal
    6-3 5-7 7-69
    3h:09
    David Goffin
    120
    120
    Total points
    105
    105
    55
    55
    Winners
    57
    57
    46%
    46%
    Ratio Winners
    54%
    54%
    -- Serve --
    7
    7
    Aces
    3
    3
    4
    4
    Double Faults
    2
    2
    66%
    66%
    1st in
    73%
    73%
    76%
    76%
    1st won
    67%
    67%
    55/72
    55/72
    1st won
    57/85
    57/85
    54%
    54%
    2nd won
    45%
    45%
    20/37
    20/37
    2nd won
    14/31
    14/31
    -- Break Points --
    3/11
    3/11
    Total
    3/5
    3/5
    27%
    27%
    Won
    60%
    60%
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    At the end of the match, Rafael scored 120 points vs. the Belgian’s 105.

    Nadal

    Nadal served very well to win 76% of the points (55/72) behind his first serve, and he won 54% points (20/37) on his second serve. Nadal won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points since he converted only 27% (3/11) of the procured opportunities.

    Goffin

    On the other side, the Belgian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 60% of the break points that he procured points (3/5). Yet, that was not enough to win the contest.

    After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Goffin is 5-2 for Rafael.

    Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Carlos Alcaraz – stats

    Nadal will square off with Alcaraz in the quarter.

    This will be the 3rd time that Rafael Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz fight against each other. The head to head is 2-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on clay.

    The last time that they played, Nadal won 6-4 4-6 6-3 in the semifinal in Indian wells back in March 2022.

    Rafael Nadal Draw info

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    Nadal conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 5th (2-3) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.

    The Belgian was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-3 to 6-3.

    Rafael converted 28% of his break points (2/7). He had 7 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 5th (2-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8th game (4-3 0-40, 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A). In addition on the other side, Goffin converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had his opportunities in the 5th (2-2 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).

    They played 57 points. Nadal was the one to win the set after conquering 9 more points than David (33-24). Nadal lost 11 points on serve (20-11). on the other side of the court, the Belgian conceded 13 points on serve (13-13).

    Goffin won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Belgian broke back in the 10th (5-5) and in the 12th game to win the set 7-5.

    Rafael was unable to find the solution against the opposition in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 3-5 to 7-5.

    The Belgian was on the money in converting all his break points in the 10th (4-5 40-A) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40 and 40-A). Also, on the other side, the Spaniard was unerring in converting all his break points in the 3rd (1-1 0-40) and the 9th game (5-3 30-40).

    They played 75 points. The contest during this set was so even that Goffin won only 1 point more than Nadal (38-37). David lost 14 points on serve (23-14). In addition, on the other side, the Spaniard conceded 15 points on serve (23-15).

    The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Rafael won a thrilling breaker 11-9 after a huge fight with 20 points played.

    Tiebreak

    Nadal won 4 minibreaks in the 4th (3-1), 5th (4-1), 12th (6-6) and 20th (11-9) point. On the other side, David won 3 minibreaks in the 6th (2-4), 7th (3-4) and 10th (6-4) point.

    This was the tiebreak sequence: 0-1, 1-1, 2-1, 3-1, 4-1, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-6, 6-7, 7-7, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 9-9, 10-9, 11-9

    Nadal was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 0th game (1-1 30-40 and 40-A). Rafael saved 5 set points when he was 4-5, 4-6, 5-6, 6-7 and 8-9 down. On the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 93 points. Nadal was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than Goffin (50-43). The Spaniard surrendered 8 points on serve (33-8). On the other side, David conceded 17 points on serve (35-17).

     

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