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LIVE UPDATES. Rafael Nadal surprises Ajdukovic in the semi-finals at the Nordea Open – BASTAD RESULTS – Tennis Tonic

LIVE UPDATES. Rafael Nadal surprises Ajdukovic in the semi-finals at the Nordea Open – BASTAD RESULTS – Tennis Tonic

NORDEA OPEN – BASTAD DRAW AND RESULTS. Nadal surprises Ajdukovic

Rafael Nadal surprises Duje Ajdukovic 4-6 6-3 6-4 in the semi-finals in Bastad on Saturday. Rafael won this tournament once in 2005. Here is his history at this event.

Nadal added €21,180 to his prize money after winning this match. He has already won €51,400 after this victory. If he wins the next match, Rafael will add €36,725 to his earnings to get a total of €88,125.

After this meeting, the score between Nadal and Ajdukovic is 1-0.

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Nadal took off at the start of the set after breaking Duje Ajdukovic at 1-0st game (1-0) before consolidating his lead 3-0. However, the Croat had more work to do to win the set, as Nadal managed to pull away in the 4e (1-3) game.

They played 63 points. The set was a huge battle, because in the end Ajdukovic won only 3 points more than the Spaniard (33-30). Ajdukovic scored 13 points on his serve (18-13). On the other hand, Nadal gave away 15 points on his serve (17-15).

The set was fairly even as both players managed to hold their serve, with the notable exception of one break which Rafael overcame in the 6.e game (4-2) before eventually winning the set (6-3).

The Spaniard was infallible in converting all his break points in the 1st (0-0 30-40), the 6e (3-2 40-A) and the 10e game (6-2 15-40). Rafael, on the other hand, did not give away a single break point in this set.

They played 47 points. Rafael was the winner of the set after he had scored 17 points more than the Croat (32-15). Rafael was simply too strong on his serve to concede only 1 point during his service matches (16-1). on the other side of the net the Croat conceded 16 points on his serve (14-16).

Nadal took a dominant position early on and defeated Duje Ajdukovic in the 2nd game (2-0) before consolidating his lead 3-0However, that was not enough for Rafael to win the set, as Ajdukovic managed to break back to 4-0e

(1-3) and in the 6e (3-3) game. Rafael kept his focus to break Duje in the 7e (4-3) game before you win the set (6-4).

Nadal was perfect in using all his break points in the 3rd (2-0 30-40) and the 6e game (3-3 15-40). On the other hand, the Croat converted 33% of his break points (2/6). He had his chances in the 4e

(0-3 15-40 and 30-40), the 6e (2-3 0-40 and 15-40) and the 8e game (3-4 15-40 and 30-40).

They contested 50 points. This set was so close that the Spaniard won this set even if he scored the same number of points as his opponent. The Spaniard gave up 14 points on the service (16-14). On the other hand, Duje conceded 9 points on his serve (11-9).

Tennis results in Bastad

  • Rafael NadalNadalDuje AjdukovicAjdukovic (4-6 6-3 6-4)

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