Merciless Nadal clobbers Isner in the 2nd round of the Internazionali BNL d’Italia. HIGHLIGHTS – ROME RESULTS

    INTERNAZIONALI BNL D'ITALIA - ROME DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal rolls over Isner to square off with Denis Shapovalov in the 3rd round

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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. John Isner

    Rafael Nadal exterminates John Isner 6-3 6-1 in the 2nd round in Rome on Wednesday after playing a tremendous match to deal with Denis Shapovalov in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 16 minutes. Nadal won this tournament 10 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Nadal
    Rome
    Nadal's Record

    The Spaniard added to his prize money € 33,795 after winning this match. He has won already € 72,865 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add € 63,360 to his earnings to get in total € 136,225 in total.

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. John Isner Internazionali BNL d’Italia – Rome

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Nadal
    Isner
    Rafael Nadal
    6-3 6-1
    1h:16
    John Isner
    58
    58
    Total points
    38
    38
    22
    22
    Winners
    13
    13
    38%
    38%
    Ratio Winners
    34%
    34%
    -- Serve --
    1
    1
    Aces
    1
    1
    2
    2
    Double Faults
    2
    2
    55%
    55%
    1st in
    55%
    55%
    81%
    81%
    1st won
    50%
    50%
    22/27
    22/27
    1st won
    13/26
    13/26
    59%
    59%
    2nd won
    52%
    52%
    13/22
    13/22
    2nd won
    11/21
    11/21
    -- Break Points --
    4/6
    4/6
    Total
    0/2
    0/2
    67%
    67%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 58 points vs. John’s 38.

    Nadal

    Nadal served exceptionally well to win 81% of the points (22/27) behind his first serve, and he won 59% points (13/22) on his second serve. Rafael was effective at converting 67% of the break points that he conquered (4/6).

    Isner

    On the other side, Isner 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 Isner is 8-1 for Rafael.

    Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Denis Shapovalov – stats

    Nadal will compete against Shapovalov in the 3rd round.

    This will be the 6th time that Rafael Nadal and Denis Shapovalov play each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

    The last time that they locked horns, Nadal won 6-3 6-4 4-6 3-6 6-3 in the quarter in Australian open back in January 2022.

    Rafael Nadal Draw info

    Live score progression and stats

    Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nadal clinched in the 8th game (5-3) just before eventually winning the set (6-3).

    They contested 56 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 10 points more than John (33-23). Rafael conceded 9 points on serve (22-9). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 11 points on serve (14-11).

    Nadal had a strong start of this set after breaking John Isner in the 1st game (1-0). Nadal reinforced his lead after breaking John in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

    The American was dominated in the last 4 games of the set when the scoreline went from 2-1 to 6-1.

    Nadal converted 75% of his break points (3/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 15-40), the 5th (3-1 30-40) and the 7th game (5-1 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 40 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 12 points more than Isner (26-14). The Spaniard surrendered 5 points on serve (13-5). on the other side of the court, the American conceded 13 points on serve (9-13).

     

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