Rafael Nadal will take on Nick Kyrgios as the Spanish champion fights for a spot in the Acapulco quarterfinals.
Date: February 27, 2019
Match time: Not before 8 PM local time / 9 PM EST – New York, Montreal / Thursday 2 AM GMT – United Kingdom / Thursday 3 AM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / Thursday 11 AM AEDT – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa leads their FedEx ATP Head2Head 3-2, but they’re even at 1-1 on hard courts. Our champ has won three of their past four encounters since getting upset at Wimbledon in 2014.
| Year | Event | Surface | RND | Winner | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Beijing China |
Outdoor Hard | F | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2017 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati OH, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Nick Kyrgios | |
| 2017 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Spain |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2016 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2014 | Wimbledon Great Britain |
Outdoor Grass | R16 | Nick Kyrgios |
“This tournament is hard and there’s a lot of great players so these kinds of matches can happen in the early stages,” said Rafa. “Nick is one of the most talented players on tour. It’s a big challenge for me and I hope to be ready for it.”
Good luck & Vamos Rafa!
Wake up at 3am to watch an entire match with no payoff. I’m so sleepy!
I think Rafa played well, but Kyrgios unsettled him at some points in the match. This one will hurt Rafa, because he got brain fog at key moments when he should have put some points away.
My positive takeaway is that Rafa did look good out there. It just wasn’t the result we wanted. But now he can go rest and practise some more and look forward to Indian Wells.
It’s unfortunate to see how the pattern is repeated. The mental block is back. First the shameful choke against Nole, and now this. Rafa’s facial expression throughout this tournament was still that of a shell shocked person. It seems the AO loss will stay with him for a long time.
That was disappointing, after three match points … so hard to play a big server.
Ok Rafa lost but the irony is that his serve didn’t get broken. Looking at the stats, Nick served 21 aces (compared to 8 by Rafa) and those free points made the difference.
….VAMOS…… EIGHT ACES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
Rafa had 3 matchpoints but still lost to Nick. 😣
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Good luck Rafa, hoping to wake up and find your through to the next round 🇬🇧xx
Good luck and Vamos Rafa <3