Rafael Nadal gets the better of Leo Borg 6-3 6-4 in the 1st round in Bastad on Tuesday. Nadal will have to play Cameron Norrie in the 2nd round. The match lasted 1 hour and 25 minutes. Rafael won this tournament once in 2005. Here you can see his history at this event.
The Spaniard added to his prize money € 3,950 after winning 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
At the end of the match, Nadal scored 61 points vs. Borg’s 48.
Nadal
The Spaniard served very well to win 82% of the points (32/39) behind his first serve, and he won 64% points (9/14) on his second serve. The Spaniard was effective at converting 50% of the break points that he procured (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 demise.
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 come up against Norrie in the 2nd round.
This will be the 6th time that Rafael Nadal and Cameron Norrie clash 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
There was not much difference between the 2 players in this set with the exception of 1 break that the Spaniard grabbed in the 4th
game (3-1) before 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, Rafael didn’t concede a single break point during this set.
They played 64 points. Nadal conquered the set after winning 14 points more than Leo (39-25). Nadal surrendered 5 points on serve (21-5). In addition, on the other side, Borg conceded 18 points on serve (20-18).
Nadal conquered a good lead at the beginning of the set after breaking Leo Borg in the 2nd game (2-0). Nadal improved his lead after breaking Borg before winning the set (6-4).
Neither player conceded a single break point during this set. Moreover, 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, Nadal won this set even if he scored less points 1 than Borg (22-23). The Spaniard dropped 7 points on serve (20-7). In addition, on the other side, Borg conceded 2 points on serve (16-2).
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Henrique RochaRocha – Camilo Ugo CarabelliUgo Carabelli (4-6 6-2 6-2)
- Rafael NadalNadal – Leo BorgBorg (6-3 6-4)
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Taro DanielDaniel (6-77 6-2 7-64)
- 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)
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Jozef KovalikKovalik (7-64 6-4)
- Pavel KotovKotov – Cristian GarinGarin (6-4 6-76 6-1)
Upcoming matches
- Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro – Casper RuudRuud (0-4) – H2H details and stats
- Denis YevseyevYevseyev – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Sumit NagalNagal – Mariano NavoneNavone (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Cameron NorrieNorrie – Rafael NadalNadal (1-4) – H2H details and stats
- Andrey RublevRublev – Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Andrea PellegrinoPellegrino – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Tallon GriekspoorGriekspoor – Timofey SkatovSkatov (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Pavel KotovKotov – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats