Rafael Nadal defeats Matteo Berrettini 7-66 6-4 6-1 in the semifinal in New York

on Friday. Nadal will face Daniil Medvedev in the final.

Score, report, and key facts

1st set.

Nothing could divide these 2 players in this set and therefore the pair went to fight for it in the breaker. Eventually, Rafael won the breaker at 6.

2nd set.

The set was even with both players refusing to concede anything to the opposition. Eventually, the only discrepancy was one break that Rafael conquered in the 7th game (4-3) before winning the set (6-4).

3rd set.

Nadal had a favorable start in this set after breaking Berrettini in the 1st game (1-0). Rafael reinforced his lead after breaking Matteo in the 5th (4-1) and in the 7th (6-1) game before conquering the set.

The Italian was unable to find the solution in the last 4 games of the set (from 2-1 to 6-1).

Statistics

After this encounter, the head to head between Nadal and Berrettini is 1-0 for Rafael.

Highlights Rafael Nadal vs. Matteo Berrettini U.S. Open – New York

Nadal’s Interview

Next Match: Rafael Nadal vs. Daniil Medvedev – stats

Nadal will play Medvedev in the final.

This will be the 2nd time that Rafael Nadal and Daniil Medvedev square off. The head to head is 1-0 for Nadal (see full H2H stats), 1-0 on hard.

The last time that they locked horns, Nadal won 6-3 6-0 in the final in Montreal back in August 2019.

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