LONDON. Astonishing Nadal demolishes Tsonga in the 3rd round in London

 

Rafael Nadal destroys Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-2 6-3 6-2 in the 3^rd round in London on Saturday after playing a remarkable match to deal with Joao Sousa in the 4^th round.

Match Report, stats, and key facts

1^st set.

The Spaniard in this set played at a much higher level than Tsonga and eventually he won the set 6-2 after breaking Jo-Wilfried in the 4^th (3-1) and in the 8^th (6-2) game.

2^nd set.

There was not much difference between them in this set with the exception of 1 break that Rafael conquered in the 6^th game (4-2) before winning the set (6-3).

3^rd set.

Nadal in this set was too strong for the French Player and therefore he won 6-2 after breaking Tsonga in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 5^th (4-1) game.

A crucial moment of the match was when Rafael won 5 consecutive games in the 3^rd

set to change the scoreline from 0-1 to 5-1

After this contest, the head to head between Nadal and Tsonga is 9-4

for Rafael.

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Rafael Nadal vs. Joao Sousa – H2H and stats

Nadal will compete against Sousa in the 4^th round.

This will be the 3^rd time that Rafael Nadal and Joao Sousa square off. The head to head is 2-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they squared off, Nadal won 6-0 4-6 6-3 in the quarter in Madrid back in 2016.