Die-hard Rafael Nadal survives Kyrgios in the 2nd round of Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal survives Nick Kyrgios 6-3 3-6 7-6⁵ 7-6³ in the 2^nd round in London on Thursday after conquering a huge battle.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

Nadal had a boost of confidence at the beginning of the set after breaking Kyrgios in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. That break was the key and it was sufficient for the Spaniard to win the set (6-3) as there were no other breaks.

2^nd set.

Kyrgios conquered a commanding position in the outset to break Nadal in the 2^nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 3-0. Nonetheless, it was not over yet and there was more work to do for the Australian to win the set because Nadal succeeded in breaking back in the 7^th (3-4) game. The Australian kept his focus to break the Spaniard in the 8^th (5-3) game before conquering the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

The set went straight to the tiebreak as there were no breaks. Eventually, Nadal won the tiebreak at 5.

4^th set.

Also in this set, nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Finally, Rafael won the tiebreak at 3.

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Kyrgios is 4-3 for Rafael.

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Rafael Nadal vs. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga – H2H and stats

Nadal will compete against Tsonga in the 3^rd round.

This will be the 13^th time that Rafael Nadal and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga fight against each other. The head to head is 8-4 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but Tsonga leads 1-0 on grass.

The last time that they fought against each other, Tsonga won 6-4 0-6 7-5 in the semifinal in Shanghai back in 2015.