Nadal victorious over Cerundolo in the 1st round of Wimbledon. HIGHLIGHTS, INTERVIEW – WIMBLEDON RESULTS

WIMBLEDON - LONDON DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal prevails over Cerundolo to face Richard Berankis in the 2nd round

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Luke Meyer
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Nadal Cerundolo

Rafael Nadal gets the better of Francisco Cerundolo 6-4 6-3 3-6 6-4 in the 1st round in London on Tuesday. Nadal will face off with Richard Berankis in the 2nd round. The battle lasted 3 hours and 33 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament twice in 2008 and 2010. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nadal
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Nadal's Record

The Spaniard added to his prize money £ 28,000 after conquering this match. He has won already £ 78,000 after this win. If he wins the next match, Nadal will add £ 42,000 to his earnings to get in total £ 120,000 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Francisco Cerundolo Wimbledon – London

Nadal’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Cerundolo
Rafael Nadal
6-4 6-3 3-6
6-4
3h:33
Francisco Cerundolo
134
134
Total points
123
123
62
62
Winners
55
55
46%
46%
Ratio Winners
45%
45%
41
41
Unforced
46
46
47%
47%
Ratio Unforced
53%
53%
20/28
20/28
Net Approaches
18/28
18/28
71%
71%
Perc
64%
64%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
3
3
Double Faults
2
2
69%
69%
1st in
67%
67%
70%
70%
1st won
63%
63%
62/88
62/88
1st won
55/87
55/87
44%
44%
2nd won
47%
47%
17/39
17/39
2nd won
20/43
20/43
199
199
Fastest serve
197
197
183
183
AVG 1st Serve
181
181
157
157
AVG 2nd Serve
148
148
-- Break Points --
6/14
6/14
Total
4/18
4/18
43%
43%
Won
22%
22%
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At the end of the match, Nadal scored 134 points vs. the Argentine’s 123.

Nadal

The Spaniard won this match even if he was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points as he converted only 43% (6/14) of the procured opportunities.

Cerundolo

On the other side, Francisco was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 22% – 4/18). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Richard Berankis – stats

Nadal will square off with Berankis in the 2nd round.

This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Nadal and Richard Berankis fight against each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Nadal won 6-2 7-5 in the 2nd round in Melbourne back in January 2022.

Rafael Nadal Draw info

Live score progression and stats

Nadal won the set after he broke Cerundolo in the 4th (3-1) and in the 10th (6-4) game. The Argentine tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 5th (3-2) game. Nonetheless, Nadal kept the focus to conquer the set 6-4.

The Spaniard converted 66% of his break points (2/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40 and 40-A). Furthermore, on the other side, the Argentine converted 20% of his break points (1/5). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 9th game (4-4 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A).

They contested 66 points. This set was so close that, The Spaniard won this set even if he scored the same amount of points as his opponent. Nadal dropped 15 points on serve (20-15). In addition, on the other side, the Argentine conceded 13 points on serve (18-13).

There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that Nadal snatched in the 6th game (4-2) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).

Rafael converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 6th (3-2 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 30-40 and 40-A). On the other side, the Argentine wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 5th game (2-2 40-A).

They contested 60 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 10 more points than Cerundolo (35-25). Rafael conceded 7 points on serve (23-7). On the other side, Cerundolo conceded 12 points on serve (18-12).

Francisco won the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, Cerundolo broke back in the 4th (2-2) and in the 8th (5-3) game to conquer the set 6-3.

Francisco was unerring in converting all his break points in the 4th (1-2 0-40) and the 8th game (4-3 15-40 and 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Rafael was flawless in converting all his break points in the 0th (0-1 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 30-40) and the 9th game (3-5 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 61 points. Cerundolo was the one to win the set after conquering 7 points more than the Spaniard (34-27). Francisco dropped 17 points on serve (24-17). On the other side, Rafael conceded 10 points on serve (10-10).

Nadal clinched the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after conceding his serve in the 3rd (1-2) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 10th game to win the set 6-4.

Francisco was outplayed in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 2-4 to 6-4.

They played 71 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 7 more points than the Argentine (39-32). Rafael dropped 17 points on serve (26-17). on the other side of the court, Francisco conceded 13 points on serve (15-13).

 

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