Alex De Minaur topples Nadal in the 2nd round to clash vs Fils at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell. HIGHLIGHTS – BARCELONA RESULTS

BARCELONA OPEN BANC SABADELL - BARCELONA DRAW AND RESULTS. De Minaur conquers Nadal

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal

Alex De Minaur conquers Rafael Nadal 7-5 6-1 in the 2nd round in Barcelona on Wednesday. De Minaur will square off with Arthur Fils in the 3rd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 52 minutes. His best achievement in this competition was reaching the semifinal in 2022. Here you can see his history at this event.

De Minaur
Barcelona
De Minaur's Record

The Australian added to his prize money € 16,825 after conquering this match. He has already won € 37,175 after this win. If he wins the next match, Alex will add € 33,375 to his earnings to get in total € 70,550 in total.

Highlights Alex De Minaur vs. Rafael Nadal Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell – Barcelona

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Minaur
Nadal
Alex De Minaur
7-5 6-1
1h:52
Rafael Nadal
74
74
Total points
53
53
21
21
Winners
29
29
28%
28%
Ratio Winners
55%
55%
-- Serve --
2
2
Aces
0
0
3
3
Double Faults
1
1
52%
52%
1st in
68%
68%
75%
75%
1st won
58%
58%
21/28
21/28
1st won
29/50
29/50
65%
65%
2nd won
35%
35%
17/26
17/26
2nd won
8/23
8/23
-- Break Points --
5/9
5/9
Total
1/3
1/3
56%
56%
Won
33%
33%
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At the end of the match, De Minaur scored 74 points vs. Nadal’s 53.

De Minaur

Alex served very well to win 75% of the points (21/28) behind his first serve, and he won 65% points (17/26) on his second serve. De Minaur was sharp when converting 56% of the break points that he conquered (5/9).

Nadal

On the other side, the Spaniard was far from perfect in converting his break points (only 33% – 1/3). That was one of the key issues for his demise.

After this match, the head to head between De Minaur and Nadal is 2-3 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Alex De Minaur vs. Arthur Fils – stats

De Minaur will come up against Fils in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Alex De Minaur and Arthur Fils since this will be the first time that they will fight against each other in the main tour.

Live score progression and stats

1st Set -
Minaur 7-5
MinaurNadal
7
5
15
0
15
15
15
30
30
30
40
30
40
40
40
A
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7
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
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6
5
15
0
30
0
40
0
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5
5
15
0
15
15
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15
40
15
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4
5
0
15
0
30
0
40
15
40
MinaurNadal
4
4
0
15
15
15
15
30
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MinaurNadal
3
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
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3
3
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
MinaurNadal
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
30
40
MinaurNadal
3
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15
MinaurNadal
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
MinaurNadal
2
0
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
MinaurNadal
1
0
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
40
30

De Minaur conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Rafael Nadal in the 1st game (1-0). Nonetheless, that wasn’t sufficient for Alex to win the set as the Spaniard succeeded in breaking back in the 6th (3-3) game. The Australian kept his cool to break the Spaniard in the 11th (6-5) game before winning the set (7-5).

The Spaniard was completely knocked out in the last 4 games of the set when the game count went from 4-5 to 7-5.

De Minaur converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 2nd (2-0 40-A), the 10th (5-5 0-40) and the 13th game (7-4 30-40). Moreover, on the other side, Nadal converted 33% of his break points (1/3). He had his opportunities in the 6th (2-3 15-40 and 30-40) and the 8th game (4-3 30-40).

They contested 85 points. De Minaur was the winner of the set after clinching 5 points more than Nadal (45-40). De Minaur conceded 14 points on serve (26-14). Regarding the other side of the net, Nadal conceded 19 points on serve (26-19).

2nd Set -
Minaur 6-1
MinaurNadal
6
1
0
15
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
30
MinaurNadal
5
1
15
0
30
0
40
0
MinaurNadal
4
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
30
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
A
40
40
40
40
A
40
40
A
40
MinaurNadal
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
MinaurNadal
2
1
15
0
30
0
30
15
30
30
30
40
40
40
A
40
MinaurNadal
1
1
15
0
30
0
40
0

Alex won the set after he broke Rafael 3 times in the 3rd (2-1), in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game.

Nadal was completely knocked out in the last 5 games of the set when the score went from 1-1 to 6-1.

The Australian converted 60% of his break points (3/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 3rd (1-1 40-A), the 5th (3-1 40-A, 40-A and 40-A) and the 7th game (5-1 30-40). On the other side, De Minaur didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 42 points. De Minaur won 16 more points than Nadal (29-13). Alex was extremely solid on serve to drop just 2 points (12-2). on the other side of the net, the Spaniard conceded 17 points on serve (11-17).

1st
Minaur
Nadal
7-5
7
5
6
5
5
5
4
5
4
4
3
4
3
3
3
2
3
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
2nd
Minaur
Nadal
6-1
6
1
5
1
4
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
0
1
 

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  • Alex De MinaurDe Minaur – Rafael NadalNadal (7-5 6-1)
  • Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Tomas MachacMachac (w/o)
  • Casper RuudRuud – Alexandre MullerMuller (6-3 6-4)
  • Fabian MarozsanMarozsan – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-0 3-2 ret.)
  • Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nicolas JarryJarry (7-65 6-3)
  • Dusan LajovicLajovic – Ugo HumbertHumbert (6-4 6-4)
  • Roberto Bautista AgutBautista Agut – Andrea VavassoriVavassori (4-6 6-3 6-1)
  • Cameron NorrieNorrie – Harold MayotMayot (7-63 6-76 ret.)
  • Brandon NakashimaNakashima – Andrey RublevRublev (6-4 7-66)
  • Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi – Sebastian BaezBaez (5-7 7-68 6-2)
  • Facundo Diaz AcostaDiaz Acosta – Borna CoricCoric (6-2 7-5)
  • Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry – Nick HardtHardt (7-5 6-2)
  • Arthur FilsFils – Daniel AltmaierAltmaier (6-4 1-6 6-1)

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