Nadal ousts Ruud in the round robin of the Nitto ATP Finals. HIGHLIGHTS – TURIN RESULTS

    NITTO ATP FINALS - TURIN DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal hustles Ruud

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    Luke Meyer
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    Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Casper Ruud

    Rafael Nadal bests Casper Ruud 7-5 7-5 in the Round Robin at the Nitto ATP Finals on Thursday. The epic lasted 5 hours and 16 minutes. His most significant achievement in this tournament was reaching the final in 2010 and 2013. Here you can see his history at this event.

    Nadal
    Turin
    Nadal's Record

    Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Casper Ruud Nitto ATP Finals – Turin

    Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

    Nadal
    Ruud
    Rafael Nadal
    7-5 7-5
    1h:42
    Casper Ruud
    73
    73
    Total points
    54
    54
    38
    38
    Winners
    33
    33
    52%
    52%
    Ratio Winners
    61%
    61%
    -- Serve --
    16
    16
    Aces
    4
    4
    1
    1
    Double Faults
    0
    0
    67%
    67%
    1st in
    70%
    70%
    93%
    93%
    1st won
    72%
    72%
    38/41
    38/41
    1st won
    33/46
    33/46
    60%
    60%
    2nd won
    50%
    50%
    12/20
    12/20
    2nd won
    10/20
    10/20
    -- Break Points --
    2/3
    2/3
    Total
    0/2
    0/2
    67%
    67%
    Won
    0%
    0%
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    At the end of the match, Rafael scored 73 points vs. Ruud’s 54.

    Nadal

    Nadal served exceptionally well to win 93% of the points (38/41) behind his first serve, and he won 60% points (12/20) on his second serve. Nadal blasted 16 aces and he committed 1 double fault. Nadal was effective when converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).

    Ruud

    On the other side, Ruud wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/2). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

    After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Ruud is 2-0 for Rafael.

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    1st Set -
    Nadal HTML
    NadalRuud
    HTML
    N
    0
    0
    R
    0
    0

    Both players managed to hold their serve for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Rafael conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

    Rafael wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 12th game (6-5 0-40). On the other side, the Norwegian was unable to convert any of his 2 break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (4-4 30-40 and 40-A).

    They contested 66 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 10 points more than Casper (38-28). Rafael surrendered 8 points on serve (26-8). on the other side of the court, the Norwegian conceded 12 points on serve (20-12).

    2nd Set -
    Nadal Not
    Not
    0
    0
    0
    0

    Similarly to the 1st set, The set was pretty even as both players managed to hold serve with the notable exception of 1 break that Rafael conquered in the 12th game (7-5).

    The Spaniard was unable to convert any of the 2 conquered break points. He had 2 break points opportunities in the 12th game (6-5 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

    They played 61 points. Rafael conquered the set after winning 9 points more than Ruud (35-26). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to concede just 3 points (24-3). In addition, on the other side, Casper conceded 11 points on serve (23-11).

     

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