Rafael Nadal shocks Flavio Cobolli 6-2 6-3 in the 1st round in Barcelona on Tuesday after playing a tremendous match to play Alex De Minaur in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. Rafael won this tournament 12 times in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021. Here you can see his history at this event.

Barcelona
Nadal's Record

Nadal added to his prize money € 9,495 after winning this match. He has already won € 20,350 after this win. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 16,825 to his earnings to get in total € 37,175 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Flavio Cobolli Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Nadal’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Cobolli
6-2 6-3
1h:25
60
60
Total points
44
44
25
25
Winners
19
19
42%
42%
Ratio Winners
43%
43%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
3
3
3
3
Double Faults
3
3
65%
65%
1st in
49%
49%
78%
78%
1st won
70%
70%
25/32
25/32
1st won
19/27
19/27
53%
53%
2nd won
36%
36%
9/17
9/17
2nd won
10/28
10/28
-- Break Points --
4/10
4/10
Total
1/2
1/2
40%
40%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 60 points vs. Flavio’s 44.

Nadal

Rafael served exceptionally well to win 78% of the points (25/32) behind his first serve, and he won 53% points (9/17) on his second serve. The Spaniard won this match even if he wasn’t that great in converting his break points as he converted only 40% (4/10) of the procured opportunities.

Cobolli

On the other side, the Italian didn’t lose the concentration in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (1/2). Anyhow, that was not enough to win the match.

After this match, the head to head between Nadal and Cobolli is 1-0 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Alex De Minaur – stats

Nadal will take on De Minaur in the 2nd round.

This will be the 5th time that Rafael Nadal and Alex De Minaur fight against each other. The head to head is 3-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never competed against each other on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 6-1 6-2 6-4 in the 3rd round in Wimbledon back in 2018.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Nadal 6-2
NadalCobolli
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
NadalCobolli
6
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
NadalCobolli
5
2
15
0
30
0
40
0
NadalCobolli
4
2
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
NadalCobolli
4
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
NadalCobolli
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
NadalCobolli
2
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
30
30
40
30
NadalCobolli
1
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
NadalCobolli
1
0
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30

Nadal in this set was too good for Cobolli and without too much struggle he won 6-2 after breaking Flavio in the 4th (3-1) and in the 8th (6-2) game.

Nadal failed to serve out the set when leading 6-2 to be broken at 40.

Rafael converted 25% of his break points (2/8). He had 8 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A), the 6th (4-1 30-40, 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 8th game (5-2 40-A). On the other side, the Italian wasn’t able to convert 1 break point in the 9th game (1-6 30-40).

They played 66 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 12 more points than the Italian (39-27

). Nadal dropped 8 points on serve (21-8). on the other side of the net, the Italian conceded 18 points on serve (19-18).
2nd Set -
Nadal 6-3
NadalCobolli
6
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
NadalCobolli
5
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
NadalCobolli
5
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
NadalCobolli
4
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
NadalCobolli
4
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
NadalCobolli
3
1
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
NadalCobolli
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
NadalCobolli
2
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
40
15

Nadal had a great start in this set after breaking Flavio Cobolli in the 2nd

game (2-0). Notwithstanding, there was more work to do for Nadal to win the set as Flavio managed to break back in the 3rd (1-2) game. Rafael maintained his cool to break Cobolli in the 4th (3-1) game before winning the set (6-3).

Nadal was unerring in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 15-40) and the 4th game (2-1 15-40). On the other side, the Italian was clinical in converting the only break point that he conquered in the 3rd game (0-2 15-40).

They contested 38 points. The Spaniard was the one to win the set after conquering 4 more points than Cobolli (21-17). Nadal lost 7 points on serve (13-7). on the other side of the net, Flavio conceded 8 points on serve (10-8).

1st
Nadal
Cobolli
6-2
6
2
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
0
2nd
Nadal
Cobolli
6-3
6
3
5
3
5
2
4
2
4
1
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0

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