Jordan Thompson dispatches Rafael Nadal 5-7 7-6(6) 6-3 in the quarter in Brisbane on Friday. Thompson will play against Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal. The epic lasted 3 hours and 26 minutes. This will be his most significant achievement in this tournament. In the past, the best he could do was reach the quarter in 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.
Jordan added to his prize money $ 14,100 after conquering this match. He has already won $ 32,800 as of now in this event. If he wins the next match, Jordan will add $ 22,865 to his earnings to get in total $ 55,665.
Highlights Jordan Thompson vs. Rafael Nadal Brisbane International – Brisbane
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
3h:26
The Australian won this encounter even if he scored less points than Nadal (108 vs. 109).
Thompson
The Australian served pretty well to win 76% of the points (51/67) behind his first serve. However he won only 48% points (20/42) on his second serve. Jordan was pretty effective at converting 67% of the break points that he procured (2/3).
Nadal
On the other side, Rafael was struggling to find the solution in converting his break points (only 25% – 2/8). That was one of the key issues for his loss.
After this contest, the head to head between Thompson and Nadal is 1-2 for Rafael.
Draw and next match H2H: Jordan Thompson vs. Grigor Dimitrov – stats
Thompson will face Dimitrov in the semifinal.
This will be the 3rd time that Jordan Thompson and Grigor Dimitrov clash against each other. The head to head is 1-1 for Thompson and Dimitrov (see full H2H stats),but they are 1-1 on hard.
Live score progression and stats
The Spaniard conquered the set after recovering from 1 break down. In fact, after dropping his serve in the 7th (3-4) game, The Spaniard broke back in the 8th (4-4) and in the 12th game to conquer the set 7-5.
The Spaniard failed to serve out the set when leading 7-5 to be broken at 0.
The Spaniard was perfect in converting all his break points in the 8th (3-4 0-40 and 15-40) and the 12th game (6-5 0-40 and 15-40). On the other side, Jordan was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 7th game (3-3 40-A).
They contested 86 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 10 points more than the Australian (48-38). The Spaniard conceded 17 points on serve (32-17). In addition, on the other side, Jordan conceded 16 points on serve (21-16).
Thompson won the set after he broke the Spaniard .
Jordan wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 3rd game (1-1 30-40). On the other side, Rafael was unable to convert any of his 4 break points. He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (5-4 30-40).
They played 87 points. The set was a huge battle since finally Thompson won just 3 more points than the Spaniard (45-42). Jordan lost 20 points on serve (38-20). In addition, on the other side, Rafael conceded 7 points on serve (22-7).
Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Thompson grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) just before eventually conquering the set (6-3).
Thompson was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 4th game (2-1 30-40). On the other side, Thompson didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 44 points. Jordan was the winner of the set after clinching 4 more points than Rafael (24-20). Thompson conceded 5 points on serve (16-5). on the other side of the net, Rafael conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).
Tennis Scores in Brisbane
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Rafael NadalNadal (5-7 7-66 6-3) – Stats and score progression
- Roman SafiullinSafiullin – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (7-64 6-2) – Stats and score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Rinky HijikataHijikata (6-1 6-4) – Stats and score progression
- Holger RuneRune – James DuckworthDuckworth (6-2 7-66) – Stats and score progression
Upcoming matches
- Holger Vitus Nodskov RuneVitus Nodskov Rune – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Jordan ThompsonThompson – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – H2H details and stats
