Rafa Nadal – Carlos Alcaraz, live: result of the 2021 Mutua Madrid Open match

GAME, SET AND MATCH FOR NADAL (6-1 and 6-2) Victory for Rafa Nadal in his debut at the Mutua Madrid Open against Carlos Alcaraz (6-1 and 6-2) in one hour and a quarter of a game. The Spaniard advances to the round of 16 where the winner of the match between Sinner and Popyrin awaits him (6-1); (5-2) 🎾 40-30. Resist Alcaraz! Nadal has another (6-1); (5-2) 🎾 40-15 TWO MATCH BALLS FOR NADAL (6-1); (5-2) 🎾 30-15 Nadal takes the point but what a blow Alcaraz has taken to reach a ball in the race and hit completely from behind! (6-1); (5-2) 🎾 15-15 Winning rest of Alcaraz. (6-1); (5-2) 🎾 15-0 Alcaraz crossed the ball too much. Nadal is serving to close the match after letting a match ball escape to the rest (6-1); 5-2 RESIST ALCARAZ. The Murcian put the 5-2 on the scoreboard after lifting a match ball to Nadal. (6-1); (5-1) 40-Ad.🎾 Winning volley from Alcaraz, who does not want to leave Madrid yet. (6-1); (5-1) 40-40🎾 Nadal escapes. (6-1); (5-1) 40-30🎾 Alcaraz attacked from the right but it goes away. MATCH BALL FOR NADAL (6-1); (5-1) 30-30🎾 Tightens the Spaniard, who wants to close the game as soon as possible. (6-1); (5-1) 15-30🎾 Double foul by Alcaraz. (6-1); (5-1) 0-30🎾 Alcaraz recovered very well and Nadal’s later error arrived. (6-1); (5-1) 0-15 🎾 Rest to Nadal’s hall. (6-1); 5-1 GAME FOR NADAL. Next, Carlos Alcaraz will serve to stay in the game (6-1); (4-1) 🎾40-15 Double foul by Nadal (6-1); (4-1) 🎾40-0 Falla Alcaraz with the parallel. (6-1); (4-1) 🎾30-0 Nice crossback from Nadal that Alcaraz cannot reach (6-1); (4-1) 🎾 15-0 Nadal starts sending, who serves to put the 5-1 on the scoreboard. (6-1); 4-1 NADAL’S BREAK.The Spaniard takes the game with a winning rest very close to the line and ends the illusions of Alcaraz, who after breaking in the previous game was approaching on the scoreboard. The Balearic Islands once again enjoy a two-break advantage (6-1); (3-1) 40-0🎾 THREE BREAK BALLS FOR NADAL. (6-1); (3-1) 30-0🎾 Another ball escapes Alcaraz. (6-1); (3-1) 15-0🎾 Alcaraz’s unforced error. (6-1); 3-1 BREAK FOR ALCARAZ! The Murcian shortens the distance and recovers a break (6-1); (3-0) 🎾40-Ad. BREAK BALL FOR ALCARAZ! The Murcian released the right and takes the point with a parallel! (6-1); (3-0) 🎾40-40 Nadal responds to the break ball with a good service and fails to subtract the Murcian well. (6-1); (3-0) 🎾30-40 BREAK BALL FOR ALCARAZ! The Murcian found a winning crossed backhand (6-1); (3-0) 🎾30-30 It escapes Alcaraz a bit. (6-1); (3-0) 🎾15-30. It now escapes Alcaraz. The Murcian is one point away from achieving a break ball as he enjoyed in the first set (6-1); (3-0) 🎾0-30. Nadal’s double fault! (6-1); (3-0) 🎾0-15 Point for Alcaraz. (6-1); 3-0 DOUBLE BREAK FOR NADAL. Placid match for the Balearic in his debut at the Mutua Madrid Open. (6-1); (2-0) 40-15🎾 Nadal missed the first time. The Balearic Islands measured badly (6-1); (2-0) 40-0🎾 More problems for the Murcian. THREE BREAK BALLS FOR NADAL (6-1); (2-0) 30-0🎾 The game is uphill for Carlos Alcaraz, who receives applause from the stands (6-1); (2-0) 15-0🎾 The point escapes Carlos Alcaraz (6-1); 2-0 NADAL CONFIRMS THE BREAK (6-1); (1-0) 🎾 40-15 Ace de Nadal! (6-1); (1-0) 🎾 30-15. Fail with the Nadal drive. (6-1); (1-0) 🎾 30-0 The Balearic Islands still hardly give up points to the rest (6-1); (1-0) 🎾15-0 The Murcian crossed the ball too much. (6-1); 1-0 BREAK FOR NADAL.Rest of the Nadal winner to start sending in this second set with a break. The Murcian had started well, but a double fault has complicated the game and Nadal has not rejected the gift (6-1); (0-0) 40-30🎾 Double foul by Alcaraz and he concedes a break ball to Nadal. (6-1); (0-0) 30-30🎾 Now the ball goes to Murcia (6-1); (0-0) 15-30🎾 Good cross backhand winner from Alcaraz! (6-1); (0-0) 15-15🎾 Caña de Carlos Alcaraz (6-1); (0-0) 0-15🎾 The first point goes to Carlos Alcaraz. The second set of NADAL-ALCARAZ begins, live! At the service, Carlos Alcaraz 🎾SET FOR NADAL! 6-1 Rafa Nadal takes the first set against Carlos Alcaraz in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open (6-1) in 37 minutes of play. The Murcian started very well, but in the third game he felt a puncture in the abdomen and it has slowed him down a bit. (5-1) 🎾40-0 Three set balls for Nadal. The Spaniard is moving the Murcian from side to side, his right is working very well. (5-1) 🎾30-0 Rafa Nadal’s ball on the line! (5-1) 🎾 15-0 Nadal closer to close the first set. 5-1 GAME FOR ALCARAZ. (5-0) 15-40🎾 Good point from Alcaraz to continue taking the initiative with his service. (5-0) 15-30🎾 Double foul by Alcaraz (5- 0) 0-30🎾 It escapes Nadal after a long exchange of blows. It seems that little by little the Murcian is feeling better. (5-0) 0-15🎾 Alcaraz takes the point and the stands of the Caja Mágica center court applaud him. 5-0 BLANK GAME FOR NADAL. Go right in the race with which Manacor has closed the game! (4-0) 🎾40-0 The Murcian cannot subtract after a good service from Nadal. (4-0) 🎾30-0 The Balearic continues to dominate . (4-0) 🎾15-0 Seventh point in a row for Nadal.Since the physical problems appeared in Alcaraz, the young Murcian has not been able to add any points. 4-0 DOUBLE BREAK OF NADAL. The Murcian’s service is taken for the second time. Very high pace for the Balearic Islands in his first game at the Mutua Madrid Open. (3-0) 40-0🎾 THREE BREAK BALLS FOR NADAL (3-0) 30-0🎾 New error by Alcaraz, he failed to return a Nadal’s very deep ball. (3-0) 15-0 🎾 Alcaraz’s drive goes down the hall. 3-0 NADAL CONFIRMS THE BREAK. Nadal resolves at the net with a volley to make the score 3-0. (2-0) 🎾40-15 Play resumes on the Caja Mágica center court. Hopefully the Murcian can recover. Juan Carlos Ferrero’s pupil stayed on the net. (2-0) 🎾30-15. Carlos Alcaraz is being treated at the moment with discomfort in the abdomen. (2-0) 🎾30-15 Good point between Alcaraz and Nadal, who wins the Balearic. It seems that the Murcian has done some damage on the track and Nadal advises him to call the physio. He hurts his abdominal. (2-0) 🎾15-15 Alcaraz goes away. (2-0) 🎾0-15 Alcaraz begins with Nadal’s second turn of serve. 2-0 GAME FOR NADAL. The one from Manacor takes the long point after another error from Alcaraz with the backhand. Nadal is insisting a lot with that blow, which is 2-0 in the game. (1-0) 30-40🎾 Break ball for Nadal. The second of the match, first for Manacor. (1-0) 30-30🎾 Alcaraz’s error. Equality at the start of the game. (1-0) 15-30🎾 Now Nadal very well with the right. (1-0) 0-30🎾 Nadal’s right was long. Advantage in the game for Alcaraz. (1-0) 0-15🎾 Good serve from Alcaraz that Nadal is not able to answer. 1-0 GAME FOR NADAL. Manacor is ahead after a game in which Alcaraz made things difficult for him.The feeling is that it could be a great game of tennis.🎾Ad-40 Another unforced error by Alcaraz.🎾40-40 Alcaraz’s right-hand side to the net, who is confidently on the center court of the Caja Mágica.🎾 30-40 Carlos Alcaraz is subtracting very well. First break ball of the match.🎾30-30 Double fault by Nadal.🎾30-15 Spectacular passing by Nadal. Nothing could do Alcaraz.🎾15-15 Good rest of Alcaraz. Tying the game.🎾15-0 Carlos Alcaraz’s reverse hit the net. The young man from Murcia has started brave. THE MATCH BEGINS ON THE TRACK MANOLO SANTANA 3:50 PM The public sang ‘Happy Birthday’ to Carlos Alcaraz, who turns 18 this Wednesday. What better gift than to play his first game against Rafa Nadal. Needless to say, if he celebrates it with a victory … 15:45 Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz are already jumping to warm up on the central court of the Caja Mágica. A great match is coming in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open between the two Spanish tennis players! 15:40 Ashleigh Barty confirms her victory against Kvitova (6-1, 3-6 and 6-3) and will face the Spanish Paula Badosa in the semifinals of the Mutua Madrid Open 2021. The Manolo Santana court is already prepared for the match between Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. 15:30 The start of the match continues to be delayed. The meeting between Barty and Kvitova goes 4-2 in the third set on the center court of the Caja Mágica, so Nadal – Alcaraz will have to wait. The duel between the king and the prince of Spanish tennis will begin around 4:00 p.m. 15:20 Daniil Medvedev starred in one of the details of the day at the Mutua Madrid Open 2021. The Russian tennis player, who won against Alejandro Davidovich, exploded after losing the first set: “I don’t want to play on this surface, that’s why I’m never going to play the South American clay tour.I’d rather be in Rotterdam, Marseille or Dubai, “Medvedev said, looking towards his bench. CONFIRMED: @DaniilMedwed does NOT like playing on clay 😬 # MMOpen pic.twitter.com/8fT4z03q2k – Tennis TV (@TennisTV) May 5, 202115: 10 The protagonists also spoke in the hours before the start of the match. For Carlos Alcaraz it will be to forget this May 5, 2021. Not only because he celebrates his coming of age, but also because he will face his idol for the first time: «I will be very nervous, sure, but I will try to manage it in the best way and be as As calm as possible ”, he acknowledged. For his part, Rafa Nadal has always had good words towards his rival in the second phase of the Mutua Madrid Open 2021:“ He is a very young player with a great present and an even better future. It has very positive and appropriate values for today’s society. It can be a good example, “he said. 15:05 There is very little left to experience the duel between Nadal and Alcaraz, about which their respective coaches, Carlos Moyá and Juan Carlos Ferrero, have also wanted to talk:” It’s going to be a special match. said Moyá, Rafa Nadal’s coach. «They face the present, because Rafa is still the present and for many years, and the immediate future. I think Alcaraz is going to be a great player. It is already very good, although it still lacks that experience and is in the process of growing. It is a natural generational change, “said the Balearic. For Juan Carlos Ferrero, coach of Carlos Alcaraz,” it is a generational duel. «Rafa is super alive, he is playing at a very high level, fighting for Grand Slams. I would not dare to speak of relief. It is true that Carlos is the boy who comes from behind, not to replace, but to opt for great things and play great games.I think everything that is said about Carlos as Rafa’s replacement is not a good thing for him. It is an added pressure that is put there. It doesn’t do much good. I like to think that we have another player who has a lot of potential ”, said the one from Onteniente. 14:56 We look out onto the center court of the Caja Mágica to see how the duel between Asleigh Barty and Petra Kvitova is going. The Czech has forced the third and final set after conceding 1-6 in the first and taking the second, 6-3. The match between Nadal and Alcaraz will start, therefore, a little later than expected, although not in excess, since more or less each part has been resolved in about 30 minutes on average. In addition, Barty already has a break in favor and sends 2-0 on the scoreboard. 14:47 An exciting duel between Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz which awaits us this Wednesday afternoon at the Caja Mágica! The match is scheduled for “no earlier than 3:00 pm” and in the third shift, once the duel between Asleigh Barty and Petra Kvitova is over. Match that we are also pending because it will be Paula Badosa’s rival in the semifinals. 14:40 For Carlos Alcaraz this is the first time he has played the Mutua Madrid Open. The Murcian tennis player, who is coming of age today, received the first invitation to participate in the final draw. In the first round he forcefully beat Adrian Mannarino (6-4 and 6-0), to meet Rafa Nadal in this second round. 14:32 Rafa Nadal will jump this afternoon to the center court of the Caja Mágica to experience his first duel at the Mutua Madrid Open. The “most difficult tournament on the ground” for him but one that he has already won five times, being the tennis player with the most titles in Madrid.The Spaniard comes from achieving victory in the Conde de Godó just a few days ago and recovering the second position in the ranking. In the Spanish capital he appears as the first seed, in the absence of Djokovic, and defends the semifinals reached in the last edition played. 14:23 The day on the center court of the Caja Mágica started at 11 in the morning with the duel between Alejandro Davidovich and Daniil Medvedev. The Spanish took the first set, but the Russian reacted and ended up taking the duel in just over two hours of play with a final result of 4-6, 6-4 and 6-2. Then it was the turn of Asleigh Barty, the current number one in the WTA and the three-time champion of Madrid, Petra Kvitova, a duel that is currently being played and that precedes that of Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz. The winner will be measured in the semis against Paula Badosa, who continues with a firm step in Madrid and has become the first Spanish to access the semis in the history of the tournament. 14:15 hours. Good afternoon! Welcome to the Rafa Nadal – Carlos Alcaraz live match, the second round match of the Mutua Madrid Open that will take place today Wednesday on the central court of the Caja Mágica from 3:00 p.m. Rafael Nadal, the main seed, makes his debut in the Mutua Madrid Open, a tournament that he has won five times and that he experiences in a very special way when playing at home. In front of him will be Carlos Alcaraz, the young promise of Spanish tennis, who after achieving his first victory in the final table of a Masters 1000 – against Mannarino – will meet on his 18th birthday with his idol in the second round of the Madrid tournament .It is a very special match, the highlight of the day, with the flavor of a generational duel between Rafa Nadal, the most successful Spanish tennis player in history, and Carlos Alcaraz, a young tennis player with a lot of talent and potential on whom a lot of trust and confidence have been placed. which is called to mark the path of the Navy in the coming years. The match between Rafa Nadal and Carlos Alcaraz will be played on the central court of the Caja Mágica, the Manolo Santana stadium, starting at 3:00 p.m. It is the first time that both tennis players meet on the circuit, although they have had the opportunity to train together on occasion. Today the day has come for them to face each other and with Madrid as the setting for this exciting duel.