Nadal Battles Thiem in Madrid Final

  • Posted: May 14, 2017

Nadal Battles Thiem in Madrid Final

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Nadal seeks record-tying 30th Masters 1000 title

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Nadal v Thiem 

One day after defeating Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal could tie his rival’s record by capturing his 30th ATP Masters 1000 championship on Sunday. Nadal bids for his fifth title in eight Mutua Madrid Open finals against first-time ATP Masters 1000 finalist Dominic Thiem. The Spaniard has swept 14 matches and 28 of 30 sets on clay this spring, including titles at Monte-Carlo and Barcelona.

Though he lost to Nadal 6-4, 6-1 in the Barcelona final on April 30, Thiem has defeated him on clay before, rallying from match point down in the 2016 Buenos Aires semi-finals. The 23-year-old saved five match points on Thursday in his third-round win over Grigor Dimitrov. Thiem is attempting to become the first ATP Masters 1000, ATP Finals or Grand Slam champion born after 1988.

The doubles final pits No. 4 seeds Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo against No. 6 seeds Nicolas Mahut and Edouard Roger-Vasselin. Kubot and Melo are appearing in their third ATP Masters 1000 final of the season after winning the Miami title and finishing as Indian Wells runners-up. Mahut and Roger-Vasselin are 4-0 in finals as a team and playing together for the first time in 2017.

INFOSYS ATP SCORES & STATS

Mutua Madrid Open

[4] Rafael Nadal

[8] Dominic Thiem

Aces

12

18

1st-Serve Percentage

66% (189 of 285)

68% (189 of 276)

1st-Serve Points Won

73% (138 of 189)

78% (147 of 189)

2nd-Serve Points Won

54% (52 of 96)

53% (46 of 87)

Service Games Won

86% (36 of 42)

89% (40 of 45)

Break Points Saved

76% (19 of 25)

72% (13 of 18)

1st-Serve Return Points Won

40% (83 of 210)

28% (50 of 178)

2nd-Serve Return Points Won

59% (63 of 106)

56% (62 of 111)

Return Games Won

35% (15 of 43)

28% (12 of 43)

Break Points Converted

36% (15 of 42)

43% (12 of 28)

 

NOTE: Nadal leads Thiem in five categories. Thiem leads Nadal in five categories.

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