The Spanish tennis player won the ATP Rome last year, beating Novak Djokovic in the final in three sets. In this round in the last edition, he beat Sinner by 7-5 and 6-4.
Rafael Nadal and John Isner have met eight times, four of them on clay with a favorable balance for the Spanish tennis player who has won all four times on this surface.
What time is the match between Rafael Nadal vs John Isner ?
This is the kickoff time match on May 11th in several countries:
Argentina: 6:30 AM Bolivia: 6:30 AM Brazil: 7:30 AM Chile: 6:30 AM Colombia: 5:30 AM Ecuador: 5:30 AM USA (ET): 6:30 AM Spain: 12:30 PM Mexico: 5:30 AM Paraguay: 6:30 AM Peru: 6:30 AM Uruguay: 6:30 AM Venezuela: 6:30 AM England : 11.30 AM Australia : 20:30 AM India: 15:30 AM
Nadal is playing in tournament to be in the top 4 against Tsitsipas
This tournament is very important for the Spanish and Greek players in preparation for a tournament that is marked in the calendar of the great tennis players, Roland Garros; Source: Eurosport
The American tennis player, who is characterized by his power in his serves, has not had great tournaments. In the first two tournaments of the year, Adelaide and Australian Open, he was eliminated in the first match. In Indian Wells he was eliminated in the round of 16 by Dmitrov. While a week later he did not get past the first round in Miami, defeated by the number 68, Gaston. His best tournament was in Houston where he was a finalist but did not win the title after losing in the final to his compatriot, Opelka. He was also in Madrid where he was eliminated in the second round by Norrie. He has already had to overcome the first round of the ATP of Rome where he has won 6-4v and 6-3 to the Argentinean, Cerundolo.
Only two defeats in this 2022 for Rafael Nadal has managed to win three titles this year; First the Melbourne ATP, then and the most heroic, the Australian Open, after a final that will be remembered after the Spanish tennis player's comeback to Medvedev. He also disputed the Acapulco ATP, held in Mexico, where on February 27 he defeated Norrie in the final by a double 6-4 to win the title. In the last tournament that Nadal played, which was the ATP Miami fell in the final against Fritz, so he returns to compete more than a month after having to be off for an injury. In the Madrid Open he defeated Kecmanovic in the second round in two sets, then in the next one he suffered more to defeat Goffin but he did it in the third set. However, in the quarterfinals he said goodbye to this tournament after being eliminated by his compatriot Carlos Alcaraz, who finally became champion of this Masters 100 Madrid.
The balance between Rafael Nadal and John Isner is favorable for the Spanish tennis player who has won seven times out of eight meetings, while Isner has won only once. The first time these two tennis players faced each other was in 2010 at the ATP of Indian Wells where Rafael Nadal won in 2010. They have already faced each other once in this tournament was in 2015 in the round of 16 where the Spanish player won by a double 6-4. The only time John Isner won was at the Laver Cup in 2017. Their last meeting was in 2017, in the quarterfinals of the Beijing ATP where he beat Rafael Nadal in two sets.
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