Rafael Nadal shocks Jason Murray Kubler 6-1 6-2 in the 2nd round in Brisbane on Thursday after playing an impressive match to deal with Jordan Thompson in the quarter. The match lasted 1 hour and 24 minutes. This run will match his most significant achievement in this tournament. Here you can see his history at this event.
Rafael added to his prize money $ 7,700 after winning this match. He has already won $ 18,700 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add $ 14,100 to his earnings to get in total $ 32,800 in total.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Jason Murray Kubler Brisbane International – Brisbane
Nadal’s Interview
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
1h:24
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 58 points vs. Jason’s 34.
Nadal
Nadal served exceptionally well to win 80% of the points (24/30) behind his first serve, and he won 63% points (10/16) on his second serve. Rafael didn’t lose the concentration in converting 67% of the break points that he procured (4/6).
Murray Kubler
On the other side, Murray Kubler wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/4). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.
After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Murray Kubler is 1-0 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Jordan Thompson – stats
Nadal will take on Thompson in the quarter.
This will be the 3rd time that Rafael Nadal and Jordan Thompson square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on hard.
Live score progression and stats
Nadal had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Jason Murray Kubler in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 5-0. Nadal extended his lead after breaking Jason in the 4th (4-0) game before winning the set (6-1).
There was an important spell in this set when the Spaniard won 5 consecutive games in the 1st set so as to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 5-0.
Nadal converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 2nd (1-0 0-40), the 4th (3-0 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 8th game (6-0 0-40). On the other side, the Australian was unable to convert any of his 3 break points. He had 3 break points opportunities in the 7th game (1-5 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40).
They contested 51 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 19 points more than Jason (35-16). The Spaniard lost 5 points on serve (17-5). On the other side, Murray Kubler conceded 18 points on serve (11-18).
Nadal conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Jason Murray Kubler in the 2nd game (2-0). That was sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set (6-2) as no one dropped a serve anymore.
Nadal was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (4-2 40-A). On the other side, Murray Kubler wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 4th game (1-2 30-40).
They played 41 points. The Spaniard won 5 points more than the Australian (23-18). Rafael surrendered 7 points on serve (17-7). Regarding the other side of the net, Murray Kubler conceded 6 points on serve (11-6).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jason Murray KublerMurray Kubler (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Tomas MachacMachac (5-7 6-2 7-64) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Ugo HumbertHumbert (w/o) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-4 5-7 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- James DuckworthDuckworth – Yannick HanfmannHanfmann (4-6 6-1 7-62) – Stats and score progression
- Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Lukas KleinKlein (6-4 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Alexei PopyrinPopyrin (6-79 6-4 7-63) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Jordan ThompsonThompson (2-0) – H2H details and stats
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Rinky HijikataHijikata – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – James DuckworthDuckworth (0-0) – H2H details and stats
