Nadal – Norrie, live | ATP 250 Bastad: round of 16

Norrie misses his backhand. 0-15
Serve and right hand from the Englishman that Nadal did not return. 15 alike
The rest goes to Spanish. 30-15

The rest of Norrie’s right misses. 15-0
Serve and cross the backhand out of English’s reach. 30-0
Nadal’s volley that Norrie doesn’t reach. 40-0

Aggressive Nadal with his forehand caused Norrie to fail. 0-15
Fantastic open drive from the Spaniard where Norrie comes hard and Nadal volleys at will. 0-30
Rafa’s broken backhand almost missed. 15-30
Great drop shot by Nadal. 15-40. Two break points
Great score from two tennis players. Nadal forced his way and Norrie finished with satisfaction. 30-40. Last break ball
The rest goes to Rafa. 40 equivalent
Norrie’s mistake in his driving. Third break point for the Spaniard

Nadal lost his right hand. 0-15
Winning forehand on the Spanish line. 15 alike
Norrie forces Rafa’s mistake. 15-30
Long point ending with Norrie’s backhand error. 30 identical
Another long point as the English backhand fails again. 40-30
Great point from both tennis players ending with a great drop shot from Norrie. 40 equivalent
Nadal’s winning serve and smash. Benefit for the Spanish
Rafa’s mistake with his backhand. 40 equivalent
Norrie misses his backhand. Advantage for Nadal

30-0 Norrie. Great winning shot from the Englishman

Norrie game. The rest of the Balearic Islands failed

Nadal moves Norrie, who misses the backhand on the move. Rafa’s game

Nadal endured the rigorous exchange of rights proposed by Norrie, which ended in failure. Norrie’s backhand widened as he looked for the counterfoot

GOT IT! Parallel Spanish setback. Then he moved with his forehand, but the parallel backhand with which he sought to define the point widened.

Good break from Norrie to get on court, lock Nadal into the background and force him to look for a forced pass that doesn’t go in.

Both players were comfortable on their serve at the start of the match

Good first from Norrie. Blank game with open ace

Norrie moved Nadal from one side to the other, the Spaniard left a short ball and the British put the left ball. Long Spanish break

Great open serve and better parallel backhand. Another great first on the T and right against Nadal’s foot to close the game blank

Nadal moves well with his forehand and Norrie misses after moving. Good first from Rafa

GOT IT! First big point with a right, Norrie moved with a cross to win the point with a parallel and the open court. But the Brit closed out the game with a great drop shot

Nadal’s mistake, failing again with a forehand caught in the net

Good first to the T from Norrie and long forehand return from Nadal. The right then left parallel to the British

The drawing is done. He will begin by taking out Norrie

This Thursday is the sixth game in between Norrie and Nadal, two lefties. Rafa leads 4-1 head-to-head, but the last meeting was the victory of the British in the 2023 United Cup by 3-6, 6-3 and 6-4. It was the start of many difficult months for the Spaniard, winner of two previous clay court tournaments (Barcelona and Roland Garros 2021).

On the court and the two players, in the warm-up before the start of the match. Stands for the flag in Bastad in the second individual match of nadalreturned to the tournament nineteen years later

The first test was positive against Borg, but a bigger rival awaits this Thursday. Cameron Norrie He is the 42nd player in the world ranking, but was previously number 8 and has two titles on clay, the titles of Lyon 2022 and Rio de Janeiro 2023

nadal returns to Bastad after his early exit from Roland Garros. With more training time and after giving up the grass season, he wants to come into the French event feeling better, where he will play singles and as a pair Carlos Alcaraz

This is the second match of nadal on an individual level this week, after his victory by 6-3 and 6-4 against Leo Borg. The Spaniard also had two victories in doubles with Casper Ruud, in a tournament where he was playing in preparation on clay for Olympic Games in Paris

Good afternoon! Welcome to the second game of Rafael Nadal in the individual box of Bastard ATP 250. The manacorí player will be up and running in a few minutes Cameron Norrie in the round of 16 of the tournament