LONDON. Superb Nadal makes light work of Sousa in the 4th round of Wimbledon

Rafael Nadal breezes past Joao Sousa 6-2 6-2 6-2 in the 4^th round in London on Monday after playing a remarkable match to come up against Sam Querrey in the quarter.

Score, report, and key facts

1^st set.

Nadal started the set in the best possible way after breaking Sousa in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. The Spaniard improved his lead after breaking the Portuguese in the 3^rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

A crucial moment of the match was when Nadal won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0

2^nd set.

Nadal had a racing start in this set after breaking Sousa in the 1^st game (1-0). The Spaniard managed to boost his lead after breaking the Portuguese in the 7^th (5-2) game before conquering the set (6-2).

3^rd set.

The Spaniard in this set was too strong for Sousa and for that reason he won 6-2 after breaking Joao in the 3^rd (2-1) and in the 7^th (5-2) game.

At the end of the match, Nadal scored 84 points vs. Sousa’s 53 points.

Rafael served pretty well to win 86% of the points (30/35) behind his first serve, and he won 69% points (18/26) on his second serve. Rafael was well focused in converting 75% of the break points that he conquered (6/8). On the other side, the Portuguese wasn’t able to conquer any break point. That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this contest, the head to head between Nadal and Sousa is 3-0 for Rafael.

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Next Match: Rafael Nadal vs. Sam Querrey – H2H and stats

Nadal will play Querrey in the quarter.

This will be the 6^th time that Rafael Nadal and Sam Querrey clash against each other. The head to head is 4-1 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), but they have never played each other on grass.

The last time that they competed against each other, Querrey won 6-3 7-6³ in the final in Acapulco back in 2017.