Rafael Nadal upsets Alex De Minaur 7-6(6) 6-3 in the 2nd round in Madrid on Saturday. Nadal will try to go further in the tournament when playing against Pedro Cachin in the 3rd round. The battle lasted 2 hours and 2 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament 5 times in 2005, 2010, 2013, 2014 and 2017. Here you can see his history at this event.

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Nadal's Record

Nadal added to his prize money € 21,440 after winning this match. He has already won € 51,665 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add € 36,775 to his earnings to get in total € 88,440 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Alex De Minaur Mutua Madrid Open – Madrid

Nadal’s Interview

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Minaur
7-66 6-3
2h:02
67
67
Total points
62
62
32
32
Winners
29
29
48%
48%
Ratio Winners
47%
47%
-- Serve --
0
0
Aces
2
2
2
2
Double Faults
3
3
73%
73%
1st in
66%
66%
71%
71%
1st won
66%
66%
32/45
32/45
1st won
29/44
29/44
53%
53%
2nd won
52%
52%
9/17
9/17
2nd won
12/23
12/23
-- Break Points --
4/5
4/5
Total
2/4
2/4
80%
80%
Won
50%
50%
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At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 67 points vs. the Australian’s 62.

Nadal

Nadal was pretty effective at converting 80% of the break points that he conquered (4/5).

De Minaur

On the other side, the Australian was effective when converting 50% of the break points that he conquered points (2/4). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the match.

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and De Minaur is 4-2 for Rafael.

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Pedro Cachin – stats

Nadal will take on Cachin in the 3rd round.

There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Pedro Cachin 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 -
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Nadal had a favorable start in this set after breaking Alex De Minaur in the 2nd game (2-0). Anyhow, that wasn’t sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set because Alex found the way to break back in the 3rd (1-2) and in the 7th (4-3) game. Rafael maintained his cool to break the Australian in the 8th (4-4) game before winning the set (7-6).

Nadal was perfect in converting all his break points in the 2nd (1-0 30-40), the 8th (3-4 30-40) and the 14th game (7-5 30-40). On the other side, the Australian converted 50% of his break points (2/4). He had his opportunities in the 3rd (0-2 15-40, 30-40 and 40-A) and the 7th game (3-3 0-40).

They contested 86 points. It’s worth to point out that, Rafael won this set even if he scored less points 2 than Alex (42-44). The Spaniard surrendered 15 points on serve (20-15). on the other side of the net, De Minaur conceded 22 points on serve (29-22).

2nd Set -
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Nadal had a great start in this set after breaking Alex De Minaur in the 2nd game (2-0). That break was enough for Rafael to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

Rafael converted 50% of his break points (1/2). He had 2 break points opportunities in the 9th game (5-3 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, the Spaniard didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 43 points. Nadal was the one to win the set after conquering 5 points more than De Minaur (24-19). The Spaniard was extremely solid on serve to concede just 4 points (16-4). On the losing side, De Minaur conceded 8 points on serve (15-8).

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

Tennis Scores in Madrid

  • Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Stefanos TsitsipasTsitsipas (6-4 6-4)
  • Sebastian KordaKorda – Max PurcellPurcell (6-3 6-3)
  • Pavel KotovKotov – Jordan ThompsonThompson (5-7 6-4 7-5)
  • Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Matteo ArnaldiArnaldi (2-6 6-4 6-4)
  • Rafael NadalNadal – Alex De Minaur
    De Minaur (7-66 6-3)
  • Jiri LeheckaLehecka – Hamad MedjedovicMedjedovic (7-5 6-4)
  • Jannik SinnerSinner – Lorenzo SonegoSonego (6-0 6-3)
  • Alexander BublikBublik – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (1-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Pedro CachinCachin – Frances TiafoeTiafoe (7-61 3-6 6-4)
  • Holger RuneRune – Mariano NavoneNavone (5-7 7-62 6-4)
  • Sebastian BaezBaez – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-4 6-72 6-3)
  • Andrey RublevRublev – Facundo BagnisBagnis (6-1 6-4)
  • Alexander ZverevZverev – Borna CoricCoric (6-3 6-2)
  • Taylor FritzFritz – Luciano DarderiDarderi (7-61 6-4)
  • Jan-Lennard StruffStruff – Jaume Antoni Munar ClarAntoni Munar Clar (6-1 7-5)
  • Francisco CerundoloCerundolo – Fabian MarozsanMarozsan (6-2 7-65)
  • Carlos AlcarazAlcaraz – Alexander ShevchenkoShevchenko (6-2 6-1)
  • Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Taro DanielDaniel (4-6 6-3 6-4)
  • Hubert HurkaczHurkacz – Jack DraperDraper (6-1 7-5)
  • Ugo HumbertHumbert – Botic Van De ZandschulpVan De Zandschulp (6-3 6-3)
  • Denis ShapovalovShapovalov – Tomas Martin EtcheverryMartin Etcheverry (7-63 6-3)
  • Tommy PaulPaul – Lukas KleinKlein (6-75 6-1 6-4)
  • Thiago Seyboth WildSeyboth Wild – Lorenzo MusettiMusetti (6-4 6-4)
  • Alejandro Davidovich FokinaDavidovich Fokina – Juncheng ShangShang (7-5 6-3)
  • Daniel AltmaierAltmaier – Arthur FilsFils (6-2 6-3)
  • Jakub MensikMensik – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (6-2 6-7(4) 6-3)
  • Felix Auger AliassimeAuger Aliassime – Adrian MannarinoMannarino (6-0 6-4)
  • Ben SheltonShelton – Tomas MachacMachac (6-0 6-2)

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