Rafael Nadal survives Taylor Harry Fritz 3-6 7-5 3-6 7-5 7-6(4) in the quarter in London on Wednesday after conquering a huge battle. Nadal will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Nick Kyrgios in the semifinal. The epic lasted 4 hours and 21 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament twice in 2008 and 2010. Here you can see his history at this event.
Nadal added to his prize money £ 225,000 after winning this match. He has won already £ 535,000 until now in this tournament. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add £ 515,000 to his earnings to get in total £ 1,050,000.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Taylor Harry Fritz Wimbledon – London
Nadal’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
Nadal won this encounter even if he conquered the same amount of points of Fritz (168 vs. 168).
Nadal
Nadal didn’t lose the focus when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (7/14).
Fritz
On the other side, the American was well focused in converting 57% of the break points that he procured points (8/14). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.
After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Fritz is 2-1 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Nick Kyrgios – stats
Nadal will fight against Kyrgios in the semifinal.
This will be the 10th time that Rafael Nadal and Nick Kyrgios square off. The head to head is 6-3 for Nadal (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on grass.
The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 7-60 5-7 6-4 in the quarter in Indian wells back in March 2022.
Live score progression and stats
Nadal started the set in the best possible way after breaking Taylor Harry Fritz in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, Taylor was not done to come back to break the Spaniard in the 6th (3-3) and in the 8th (5-3) game before winning the set (6-3).
The Spaniard was outplayed in the last 5 games of the set when the game count went from 1-3 to 6-3.
Nadal had a racing start in this set after breaking Taylor Harry Fritz in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Notwithstanding, there was more to do for Rafael to win the set because Taylor managed to break back in the 5th (2-3) game. Nadal maintained his cool to break Taylor in the 12th (7-5) game.
The Spaniard was unerring in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 30-40). On the other side, the American converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 5th (1-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 30-40).
They contested 72 points. The Spaniard was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Fritz (38-34). The Spaniard dropped 14 points on serve (24-14). Regarding the other side of the net, the American conceded 14 points on serve (20-14).
Fritz won the set after he broke Rafael in the 3rd (2-1) and in the 9th (6-3) game. The Spaniard tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 9th (6-3) game. Yet, the American refused to give way to win the set 6-3.
Taylor was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (12-3). on the other side of the court, the Spaniard conceded 8 points on serve (12-8).
Nadal started the set in the best possible way after breaking Taylor Harry Fritz in the 1st game (1-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set as the American managed to break back in the 2nd (1-1), in the 7th (3-4) and in the 8th (4-4) game. The Spaniard maintained his cool to break Taylor in the 3rd (2-1), in the 7th (4-3) and in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).
Nevertheless also the American won 4 consecutive games from 1-3 to 5-4
The Spaniard converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 40-A), the 3rd (1-1 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 9th (4-4 40-A) and the 11th game (5-5 30-40). In addition on the other side, Taylor converted 100% of his break points (3/3). He had his opportunities in the 2nd (0-1 40-A), the 4th (1-2 30-40) and the 7th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 74 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after clinching 8 more points than Fritz (41-33). Nadal lost 15 points on serve (23-15). on the other side of the net, the American conceded 18 points on serve (18-18).
The 5th set random the decider was a sheer thriller.
Nadal won the set after he broke the American in the 7th (4-3) game. The American tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 8th (4-4) game. Nonetheless, Nadal kept the focus to ultimately clinch the set at the following tiebreak at 4.
Tiebreak
Nadal won 6 minibreaks in the 1st (1-0), 4th (4-0), 5th (5-0), 9th (6-3), 12th (9-3) and 14th (10-4) point. On the other side, the American won 2 minibreaks in the 6th (1-5) and 7th (2-5) point.
Rafael won the tiebreak 10-4 after he conquered a decisive 4-0 lead.
This was the tiebreak sequence: 1-0, 2-0, 3-0, 4-0, 5-0, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 6-3, 7-3, 8-3, 9-3, 9-4, 10-4
Nadal converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 7th game (3-3 15-40, 30-40, 40-A and 40-A). On the other side, Fritz was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (3-4 30-40).
They played 87 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 5 points more than Fritz (46-41). Nadal dropped 11 points on serve (27-11). Regarding the other side of the net, Taylor conceded 19 points on serve (30-19).
Tennis Scores in Wimbledon
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-3 7-65) – Stats and score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (3-6 7-5 3-6 7-5 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – David GoffinGoffin (3-6 7-5 2-6 6-3 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Jannik SinnerSinner (5-7 2-6 6-3 6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Cameron NorrieNorrie (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Nick KyrgiosKyrgios – Rafael NadalNadal (3-6) – H2H details and stats
