Rafael Nadal surprises Mariano Navone 6-7(2) 7-5 7-5 in the quarter in Bastad on Friday. Nadal will seek to keep on going in this event against Duje Ajdukovic in the semifinal. The epic lasted 3 hours and 59 minutes. The Spaniard won this tournament once in 2005. Here you can see his history at this event.
Nadal added to his prize money € 12,710 after winning this match. He has already won € 30,220 so far in this event. If he wins the next match, the Spaniard will add € 21,180 to his earnings to get in total € 51,400.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Mariano Navone Nordea Open – Bastad
Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners
At the end of the match, the Spaniard scored 136 points vs. Mariano’s 126.
Nadal
The Spaniard won this match even if he was struggling when converting his break points after he converted only 48% (10/21) of the procured opportunities.
Navone
On the other side, the Argentine was pretty good at converting 53%
of the break points that he conquered points (8/15). Nevertheless, that was not enough to win the encounter.After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Navone is 1-0
for Rafael.Draw and next match H2H: Rafael Nadal vs. Duje Ajdukovic – stats
Nadal will compete against Ajdukovic in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Duje Ajdukovic since this will be the first time that they will clash against each other in the main tour.
Tennis Scores in Bastad
- Rafael NadalNadal – Mariano NavoneNavone (6-72 7-5 7-5)
- Thiago Agustin TiranteAgustin Tirante – Roberto Carballes BaenaCarballes Baena (6-3 2-6 7-5)
- Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Thiago Moura MonteiroMoura Monteiro (6-2 4-6 6-4)
Upcoming matches
- Rafael NadalNadal – Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic (0-0) – H2H details and stats
- Timofey SkatovSkatov – Nuno BorgesBorges (0-0) – H2H details and stats