Highlights: Rafael Nadal 3-1 Matteo Berrettini in Australian Open

Nadal x Berrettini

Aces: 5 x 14

1st serve points won: 73% x 74%

2nd serve points won: 63% x 44%

Winners: 28 x 38

Unforced errors: 19 x 39

Nadal awaits for either Tsitsipas or Medvedev now.

Nadal wins against Berrettini by 3 to 1 and goes to Australian Open's final!

Spaniard breaks Berrettini's serve and will serve for the game! 5/3.

Nadal faces 15/30, but holds. 4/3.

No breaks yet in the fourth set. 3/3.

Nadal closes service game fast again. 3/2

Berrettini serves well, with strenght, and doesn't allow the opponent to return. 2/2

Nadal also does his part with no trouble on the serve. 2/1

Berrettino closes the service game. 1/1

Nadal begins off, faces 0/30, but closes the service game. 1/0 in the fourth set.

Nadal x Berrettini

Aces: 1 x 2

Double faults: 1 x 0

First serve points won: 69% x 84%

Second serve: 40% x 55%

Winners: 6 x 6

Unforced errors: 7 x 8

World number seven cuts down Nadal's lead with 6/3 win in the third set! 2 to 1 to the spaniard.

Italian plays really agressive, breaks the spaniard's service and serves for the set in 5/3!

Italian wins quickly on the serve, with no points lost. 4/3

Another win by the server. 3/3

The two players remain serving well, with great angles and speed on the shots. Berrettini holds the serve. 3/2

Spaniard loses just one point on the serve and holds. 2/2.

Berrettini opens 40/15, lets Nadal tie it up, but holds the service game afterwards. 2/1.

Nadal also holds. 1/1

Italian faces 40/40 on the serve, but holds. 1/0 in the third set.

Nadal x Berrettini

First serve: 50% x 82%

Aces: 1 x 4

Winners: 7 x 8

Unforced errors: 2 x 10

Former number one closes the second set by 6/2 and opens 2 x 0 in the match!

Berrettini holds. 5/2 for the spaniard.

Nadal opens 5/1 and gets very close to winning the second set as well.

Berrettini finally wins first game in the second set, with the serve. 4/1 Nadal

Spaniard faces 0/30, but holds the serve. 4/0

The italian saves three break points, but loses the serve with a fourth. Nadal with big advantage in the second set. 3/0

Former world number one remains putting pressure on, with well angulated and deep shots. He holds. 2/0.

Berrettini starts the second set losing his serve, after winning just one point in the game. 1/0 Nadal

Nadal x Berrettini

Aces: 0 x 5

Double faults: 0 x 2

1st serve points won: 70% x 81%

2nd serve points won: 60% x 13%

Winners: 7 x 13

Unforced errors: 5 x 14

Spaniard opens 40/0 on the serve, sees the oponnent tie it up, but holds in the end. 1 set to 0 for him!

Berrettini faces 40/40, but holds the serve. Nadal serves for the set.

Berrettini talks quickly with the physio

Nadal faces 30/30 on the serve, but holds. 5/2

World number 7 serves well, delivers strong shots and holds. 4/2 Nadal

Nadal loses just one point on serve and holds to maintain himself ahead by one break. 4/1

Berrettini face 30/30, but holds and wins first game in the match. 3/1 Nadal

Nadal holds the serve and keeps the break ahead advantage. 3/0

Berrettini wins just one point on his service game and Nadal gains the advantage! 2/0

The Rod Laver Arena's rooftop is closed as it rains a lot in Melbourne.

Spaniard uses a lot of deep balls to face a 40/40 and hold the serve. 1/0

Nadal on the serve

Nadal and Berrettini warm up for the game

The winner of this Berrettini x Nadal match will face the winner of Stefanos Tsitsipas x Daniil Medvedev in the tournament's final. The russian and the greek will play each other at 3:30am (ET) on this Friday, 28th.

Soon, Rafael Nadal and Matteo Berrettini will be on the court. Stay tuned.

The game is scheduled to not before 10:30pm (ET). It can be delayed depending on the duration of mixed doubles final match that will be played right before in the Rod Laver Arena.

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This is the start time of the game Rafael Nadal vs Matteo Berrettini on January 27th, 2022, in several countries:

Argentina: 0:30 AM (Friday) in ESPN / Star+

Australia: 2:30 PM (Friday) in Nine & Stan Sport

Bolivia: 11:30 PM in ESPN / Star+
Brazil: 0:30 AM (Friday) in ESPN 2 / Star+

 

Canada: 10:30 PM in TSN / RDS
Chile: 0:30 AM (Friday) in ESPN / Star+
Colombia: 10:30 PM in ESPN / Star+
Ecuador: 10:30 PM in ESPN / Star+
USA (ET): 10:30 PM in ESPN

Mexico: 9:30 PM in ESPN / Star+
Spain: 4:30 AM (Friday) in Eurosport
Paraguay: 0:30 AM (Friday) in ESPN / Star+
Peru: 10:30 PM in ESPN / Star+
Uruguay: 0:30 AM (Friday) in ESPN / Star+
Venezuela: 11:30 PM in ESPN / Star+

Off course the 20-time Grand Slam champion has the upper hand in this one, on paper. We will see how it goes on the floor.

The two players only met once before tonight, in 2019, through the US Open's semifinals. Nadal won that game by 3 to 0.

The italian is already with his best campaign at the Australian Open up to date. His goal is now to win his first title not only at the tournament, but in Grand Slams in general.

He only reached the final game in a Grand Slam before in last year's Wimbledon, and the result was a loss to Djokovic by 3 to 1.

In the previous year, Berrettini abandoned the australian major before his fourth round match against Stefanos Tsitsipas.

Within his 20 career Grand Slams, the spaniard has only one title in Melbourne. He is now two games away from winning the second, and surpasing Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic for the record of Major titles.

Nadal will try to go to his sixth final at the Australian Open. Since his last conquest at the tournament in 2009, he has four consecutive defeats in the competition's last game, with the latest being in 2019, with a loss to Djokovic by 3 x 0.

In 2020 and 2021, Nadal lost in the quarter-finals, to Dominic Thiem and Stefanos Tsitsipas, respectvily.

1st round: 3 x 1 vs Brandon Nakashima

2nd round: 3 x 1 vs Stefan Kozlov

3rd round: 3 x 2 vs Carlos Alcaraz

1/8-finals: 3 x 0 Pablo Carreno-Busta

Quarter-finals: 3 x 2 vs Gael Monfils (Almost four-hour match)

1st round: 3 x 0 vs Marcos Giron

2nd round: 3 x 0 vs Yannick Hanfmann

3rd round: 3 x 1 vs Karen Kachanov

1/8-finals: 3 x 0 Adrian Mannarino

Quarter-finals: 3 x 2 vs Denis Shapovalov (Four-hour match)

The Nadal vs Berrettini match will be played at the Rod Laver Arena, with a capacity of 14.820 people.

The stadium is located within the Melbourne Park, in Melbourne, Australia.

 

My name is Gustavo Cipriano and I’ll be your host for this game. Follow pregame information on VAVEL…

Tonight, Rafael Nadal and Matteo Berrettini fight in the semifinal of the Australian Open in the men's single draw.