Rafael Nadal hustles Borg in the 1st round at the Nordea Open – BASTAD RESULTS. HIGHLIGHTS. HIGHLIGHTS

NORDEA OPEN - BASTAD DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal hustles Borg

By
Luke Meyer
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Prediction and head to head Rafael Nadal vs. Leo Borg

Rafael Nadal bests Leo Borg 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Bastad on Tuesday. Nadal will try to keep the momentum against Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2005. Here you can see his history at this event.

Nadal
Bastad
Nadal's Record

The Spaniard added to his prize money € 3,950 after conquering this match. He has already won € 10,165 after this win. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add € 7,345 to his earnings to get in total € 17,510 in total.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Leo Borg Nordea Open – Bastad

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Nadal
Borg
Rafael Nadal
6-3 6-4
1h:25
Leo Borg
61
61
Total points
48
48
32
32
Winners
25
25
52%
52%
Ratio Winners
52%
52%
-- Serve --
5
5
Aces
2
2
0
0
Double Faults
2
2
74%
74%
1st in
61%
61%
82%
82%
1st won
74%
74%
32/39
32/39
1st won
25/34
25/34
64%
64%
2nd won
50%
50%
9/14
9/14
2nd won
11/22
11/22
-- Break Points --
2/4
2/4
Total
0/0
0/0
50%
50%
Won
0%
0%
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At the end of the match, Rafael scored 61 points vs. the Swede’s 48.

Nadal

The Spaniard served extremely well to win 82% of the points (32/39) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. Rafael was pretty focused in converting 50% of the break points that he conquered (2/4).

Borg

On the other side, the Swede wasn’t able to conquer any break point (0/0). That was one of the key issues for his loss.

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

Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Cameron Norrie – stats

Nadal will fight against Norrie in the 2nd round.

This will be the 6th time that Rafael Nadal and Cameron Norrie fight against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 2-0 on clay.

Live score progression and stats

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

Both players managed to hold their service games for the entire set. The only difference was just 1 break that Nadal grabbed in the 4th game (3-1) prior to eventually winning the set (6-3).

Rafael converted 25% of his break points (1/4). He had 4 break points opportunities in the 4th (2-1 30-40 and 40-A) and the 10th game (6-2 15-40 and 30-40). On the other side, Nadal didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They contested 64 points. Rafael was the one to win the set after conquering 14 points more than the Swede (39-25). Nadal conceded 5 points on serve (21-5). Regarding the other side of the net, Leo conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).

2nd Set -
Nadal 6-4
NadalBorg
6
4
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
NadalBorg
5
4
0
15
0
30
0
40
NadalBorg
5
3
15
0
30
0
40
0
NadalBorg
4
3
0
15
0
30
0
40
NadalBorg
4
2
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
NadalBorg
3
2
0
15
0
30
15
30
15
40
NadalBorg
3
1
15
0
15
15
30
15
40
15
40
30
NadalBorg
2
1
15
0
15
15
15
30
15
40
NadalBorg
2
0
15
0
30
0
40
0
40
15

Nadal commenced this set in the best possible way after breaking Leo Borg in the 2nd game (2-0). Rafael reinforced his lead after breaking Borg before winning the set (6-4).

Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Also, on the other side, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 45 points. It’s worth to point out that, Rafael won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Leo (22-23). The Spaniard dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). on the other side of the court, the Swede conceded 2 points on serve (16-2).

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

Tennis Scores in Bastad

  • Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Luca Van AsscheVan Assche (6-3 6-3)
  • Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Alexandre MullerMuller (7-5 7-5)
  • Sumit NagalNagal – Elias YmerYmer (6-4 6-3)
  • Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena – Roman SafiullinSafiullin (5-7 7-63 6-3)
  • Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Federico CoriaCoria (6-1 6-3)
  • Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Jaime FariaFaria (3-6 6-1 6-4)
  • Rafael NadalNadal – Leo BorgBorg (6-3 6-4)
  • Timofey SkatovSkatov – Taro DanielDaniel (6-77 6-2 7-64)
  • Henrique RochaRocha – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (4-6 6-2 6-2)
  • Pavel KotovKotov – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-76 6-1)
  • Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-64 6-4)
  • Nuno BorgesBorges – Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino (6-2 7-6(3))

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