Rafael Nadal hustles Diego Sebastian Schwartzman 6-4 7-5 6-2 in the quarter in New York on Wednesday. Nadal will try to go further in the tournament when he will face Matteo Berrettini in the semifinal.
Score, report, and key facts
1st set.
Nadal conquered a leading position at the beginning of the set after breaking Schwartzman in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Notwithstanding, that wasn’t sufficient for Nadal to win the set as Diego managed to break back in the 5th (1-4) and in the 7th (3-4) game. Rafael maintained his cool to break Schwartzman in the 10th (6-4) game.
A crucial moment of the match was when Nadal won 4 consecutive games in the 1st set to change the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.
Nevertheless also the Argentine won 4 consecutive games from 0-4 to 4-4
2nd set.
Nadal won the set after he broke Schwartzman 3 times in the 4th (3-1), in the 6th (5-1) and in the 12th (7-5) game. Diego tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 7th (5-2) and in the 9th (5-4) game. Anyhow, Nadal managed to stay calm and finish the job before winning the set 7-5.
Rafael failed to serve out the set when leading 5-1 to be broken at 40.
A crucial moment of the match was when the Spaniard won 4 consecutive games in the 2nd set to change the scoreline from 1-1 to 5-1.
Notwithstanding also Schwartzman won 4 consecutive games from 1-5 to 5-5
3rd set.
Rafael in this set stepped up in great fashion to overplay the Argentine and eventually he won 6-2 after breaking Schwartzman in the 6th (4-2) and in the 8th (6-2) game.
The Argentine was not able to offer any resistance in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-2 to 6-2).
Statistics
After this contest, the head to head between Nadal and Schwartzman is 8-0 for Rafael.
Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Diego Sebastian Schwartzman U.S. Open – New York
Nadal’s Interview
Next Match: Rafael Nadal vs. Matteo Berrettini – stats
Nadal will take on Berrettini in the semifinal.
There is no head to head record between Rafael Nadal and Matteo Berrettini since this will be the first time that they will play each other in the main tour.
Rafael Nadal in New York |
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Tennis Scores at the Us Open
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Gael MonfilsMonfils (3-6 6-3 6-2 3-6 7-65) – See score progression
- Rafael NadalNadal – Diego Sebastian SchwartzmanSebastian Schwartzman (6-4 7-5 6-2) – See score progression
- Grigor DimitrovDimitrov – Roger FedererFederer (3-6 6-4 3-6 6-4 6-2) – See score progression
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Stan WawrinkaWawrinka (7-66 6-3 3-6 6-1) – See score progression
Upcoming matches
- Daniil MedvedevMedvedev – Grigor DimitrovDimitrov (1-1) – See H2H details
- Matteo BerrettiniBerrettini – Rafael NadalNadal (0-0) – See H2H details
