Felix Auger-Aliassime gets the better of Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Tuesday. Auger-Aliassime will play against Taylor Fritz in the Round Robin. The match lasted 1 hour and 51 minutes.
Highlights Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Rafael Nadal Nitto ATP Finals – Turin
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
After this match, the head to head between Auger-Aliassime and Nadal is 1-2 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Felix Auger-Aliassime vs. Taylor Fritz – stats
Auger-Aliassime will compete against Fritz in the Round Robin.
This will be the 2nd time that Felix Auger-Aliassime and Taylor Fritz play each other. The head to head is 1-0 for Fritz (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on I.hard.
The last time that they competed against each other, Fritz won 6-76 6-4 6-4 in the R in Sydney back in January 2022.
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 Felix conquered in the 8th game (5-3) just before ultimately winning the set (6-3).
Nadal lost the 8th game (5-3) when he had a strong 40-0 lead while on serve.
The Canadian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 8th game (4-3 40-A). On the other side, Rafael was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 0th (0-1 15-40 and 30-40) and the 7th game (3-3 15-40 and 30-40).
They played 58 points. The Canadian won 8 more points than Nadal (33-25). Felix surrendered 9 points on serve (24-9). On the losing side, Nadal conceded 9 points on serve (16-9).
Similarly to the 1st set, the set was pretty even as both sides managed to hold the serve. The only difference was 1 break that Auger-Aliassime grabbed in the 3rd game (2-1) before eventually conquering the set (6-4).
The Canadian converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had 3 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A and 40-A) and the 5th game (3-1 40-A). On the other side, Nadal wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 6th game (2-3 40-A).
They contested 71 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Auger-Aliassime won just 3 more points than Nadal (37-34). The Canadian dropped 12 points on serve (23-12). Regarding the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 14 points on serve (22-14).
Tennis Scores in Nitto ATP Finals
- Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime – Rafael NadalNadal (6-3 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Novak DjokovicDjokovic – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Andrey RublevRublev – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (6-77 6-3 7-67) – Stats and score progression
- Taylor FritzFritz – Rafael NadalNadal (7-63 6-1) – Stats and score progression
- Casper RuudRuud – Felix Auger-AliassimeAuger-Aliassime (7-64 6-4) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Casper RuudRuud (1-0) – H2H details and stats
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (4-7) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Novak DjokovicDjokovic (1-1) – H2H details and stats
- Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas – Daniil MedvedevMedvedev (3-7) – H2H details and stats
- Casper RuudRuud – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Taylor Harry FritzHarry Fritz (0-1) – H2H details and stats