Rafa Nadal – Popyrin: Summary of today's match at the Mutua Madrid Open 2021, live

Final! Rafa Nadal is already in the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open after beating Australian Alexei Popyrin 6-3 in one hour and 20 minutes into the game. The Spanish will face the winner of the match between Alexander Zverev and Daniel Evans in the next round, which will take place at 7:00 p.m. this afternoon. GAME, SET AND VICTORY FOR NADAL (6-3, 6-3) (6-3); (5-3) 🎾40-15 He squeezed with the rest Popyrin and Nadal goes long. Two more match points remain for the Spaniard (6-3); (5-3) 🎾40-0 Serve and Nadal’s winning right hand. THREE MATCH BALLS FOR NADAL! (6-3); (5-3) 🎾30-0 Two points away from reaching the quarterfinals! (6-3); (5-3) 🎾 15-0 Well played by Nadal with his characteristic banana shot and causing Popyrin’s error (6-3); 5-3 RESISTS POPYRIN. Next, Nadal will serve to win the match (6-3); (5-2) 15-40🎾 Another good serve from Popyrin to continue on the court. (6-3); (5-2) 15-30🎾 Popyrin’s Ace! (6-3); (5-2) 15-15🎾 The Australian manages to equalize with the right (6-3); (5-2) 15-0🎾 Popyrin’s double fault. The Australian is serving to stay in the game (6-3); 5-2 PLAY FOR NADAL! The Spaniard, one game away from reaching the quarterfinals of the Mutau Madrid Open. He will have the first chance after the rest (6-3); (4-2) 🎾40-15 Good serve from Nadal! and the Australian fails the rest (6-3); (4-2) 🎾30-15 Popyrin stays in the net. (6-3); (4-2) 🎾15-15 Tighten with the rest Popyrin. (6-3); (4-2) 🎾15-0 Good point from Rafa Nadal, with the crossed backhand (6-3); 4-2 GAME FOR POPYRIN. (6-3); (4-1) 15-40🎾 Nadal avoids it with a good rest and Popyrin’s cane arrives. (6-3); (4-1) 0-40🎾 Closer to the blank Popyrin game. (6-3); (4-1) 0-30🎾 The Australian’s service continues to work well.(6-3); (4-1) 0-15🎾 Good serve from the Australian to start sending in his turn to serve (6-3); 4-1 GAME FOR NADAL. Close the game with a big backhand to the line. Second break in the set, Nadal follows with the advantage of a break in favor (6-3); (3-1) 🎾40-15 Nice shot from Nadal looking for the counterfoot. Winning right of the Spanish. (6-3); (3-1) 🎾30-15 Try to hook to the Popyrin point. (6-3); (3-1) 🎾 30-0 Good point from Nadal, dealing with the right and causing the Australian’s mistake (6-3); (3-1) 🎾 15-0 Good serve from Nadal and the Australian can’t give him enough height with the rest. (6-3); 3-1 BLANK GAME FOR POPYRIN. The Australian opens in this set with a blank service (6-3); (3-0) 0-40🎾 Ace de Popyrin. (6-3); (3-0) 0-30🎾 Rafa Nadal now stays in the net (6-3); (3-0) 0-15🎾 Good point played by both. Nadal came to a difficult ball and the Australian took advantage of the open court to take the point (6-3); 3-0 RAFA NADAL CONFIRMS THE BREAK. (6-3); (2-0) 🎾AD-40. Nice serve from Nadal to avoid the break ball! (6-3); (2-0) 🎾40-40 Nadal escapes into the hallway (6-3); (2-0) 🎾 40-30 The Australian resists, forced to try to recover the break to continue with options (6-3); (2-0) 🎾40-15 Rafa Nadal closer to putting the 3-0 on the scoreboard, Popyrin went long (6-3); (2-0) 🎾30-15 Another ball into Popyrin’s hall. (6-3); (2-0) 🎾15-15 Tables. (6-3); (2-0) 🎾 15-0 The Australian was looking for the rest to win, but the parallel rest stayed in the corridor. (6-3); 2-0 BREAK FOR NADAL. Nadal already takes advantage in the second set against Popyrin at the Mutua Madrid Open! (6-3); (1-0) 40-0🎾 THREE BREAK BALLS FOR NADAL. He is encouraged by the stands, eager for more tennis (6-3); (1-0) 30-0🎾 Popyrin’s game is getting complicated.(6-3); (1-0) 15-0🎾 Popyrin begins to despair, who sends the right into the corridor. (6-3); 1-0 BLANK GAME FOR NADAL. Good start for Nadal in this second set (6-3); (0-0) 🎾40-0 Way of the game in white Rafa Nadal. (6-3); (0-0) 🎾30-0 Good Rafa Nadal dominating with the right and causing the error of Popyrin (6-3); (0-0) 🎾 15-0 The first point of the set goes to Nadal (6-3); The second set begins! At the service, Nadal. SET FOR NADAL! (6-3). Rafa Nadal takes the first set against Popyrin in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open (6-3) in 43 minutes of play. Very solid game of the Spanish in this first set against the Australian. He returned to take over Popyrin’s service and will start serving in the second set. (5-3) 40-30🎾 Popyrin is left on his side! SET BALL FOR NADAL. (5-3) 30-30🎾 Sets the boards Nadal. The Spanish look for the set ball to the rest (5-3) 15-30🎾Good point from Nadal, he hit a deep ball and took the opportunity to score the winning right after a short ball from Popyrin. (5-3) 0-30🎾 Another direct serve from Popyrin (5-3) 0-15🎾 The Australian uses his service to win the point. 5-3 GAME FOR NADAL. Rafa Nadal went to the net, but the Australian forced him to retreat. The Australian ended up failing when he had the most favorable situation. He sends her to the hall and raises the 5-3 to the scoreboard. Nadal will then subtract to close the sleeve. He still has a break in favor. (4-3) 🎾40-30 Good serve from Nadal, closer to putting 5-3. (4-3) 🎾30-30 Point for Nadal, the Spanish is now encouraged, aware of the importance of getting this game forward. (4-3) 🎾15-30 The error now comes from the Australian’s side. Popyrin put in a great rest but rushed in the next shot, crossing it too much. (4-3) 🎾0-30 Nadal goes long.Something imprecise now the Balearic (4-3) 🎾0-15 Nadal’s failure (4-3) 📹One of the points of the match, which Nadal has taken in the net with a boat early: Rafa on his land, the beaten and the native 🇪🇸 @ RafaelNadal | #MMOPEN pic.twitter.com/0a6U1hvxLP – #MMOPEN (@MutuaMadridOpen) May 6, 20214-3 GAME FOR POPYRIN. Second consecutive game for the Australian (4-2) 15-40🎾 Another ace for the Australian (4-2) 15-30🎾 Ace of Popyrin (4-1) 15-15🎾 Double fault of Popyrin. (4- 2) 0-15🎾 Point for the asutraliano4-2 BREAK DE POPYRIN. The Australian recovers one of the breaks. (4-1) 🎾40- Ad What a rest of Popyrin! New break opportunity for the Australian, the sixth in the match. (4-1) 🎾40-40 And he also saves the second. Good service from Nadal in key moments. (4-1) 🎾30-40 Nadal saves the break ball! He has another one left. (4-1) 🎾15-40 Nadal’s mistake, who reproached himself! He hesitated to volley her, let her bounce and ended up crossing her too much. Two break balls for Popyrin. (4-1) 🎾15-30 The Australian shot at the net. (4-1) 🎾15-15 Nadal’s good crusade to put the tables on his service turn. (4-1 ) 🎾0-15 The Australian resists and ended up taking the point. Nadal tried a left with the cut right but did not pass the net. 4-1 DOUBLE BREAK OF NADAL. Things are going very well for Rafa Nadal, the Australian started strong but soon the Spanish stopped him. (3-1) 40-30🎾 Salva Popyrin the first with a duel of both in the net. Nadal did not get to catch the volley. (3-1) 40-15🎾 TWO BREAK BALLS FOR NADAL (3-1) 30-15🎾 Nadal got on the track and although the blow was not definitive, Popyrin’s error arrived which helps him to get close to a new break ball. (3-1) 15-15🎾 The Australian equalizes (3-1) 15-0🎾 Popyrin was looking to surprise Nadal but sent her to the corridor.3-1 NADAL CONFIRMS THE BREAK. (2-1) 🎾40-30 Nadal’s great ball to a bounce soon and now it is he who makes the drop! (2-1) 🎾30-30 Surprise now with a cut backhand the Australian to Nadal. (2-1) 🎾30-15 Nadal escapes (2-1) 🎾30-0 The rest is left in the net by Popyrin. (2-1) Sigue15-0 Keep looking the Australian blows winners, but risks too much and sent the parallel long. 2-1 BREAK FOR NADAL! The Australian gives up his service after committing a double fault. First break of the match, Rafa Nadal already has a break in favor. (1-1) AD-40ba The Australian attacked from the right, but sent it straight into the corridor. BREAK BALL FOR NADAL. (1-1) 40-40🎾 Popyrin saves the break ball. Nadal went long. (1-1) 40-30🎾 BREAK BALL FOR NADAL (1-1) 30-30🎾 Popyrin missed the long ball. (1-1) 15-30🎾 Good point de Nadal, the first to the rest with a winning forehand after moving his rival well. (1-1) 0-30🎾 Popyrin remains intractable with his serve. (1-1) 0-15🎾 The Australian pulls his serve , which has not yet yielded any points with the rest. 1-1 GAME FOR NADAL. The Spaniard raised three break balls after a good start from the Australian, who has already shown that he is going to demand him in the match. (0-1) 🎾Ad-40 Ace de Nadal. (0-1) 🎾40-40 ¡ Save the third! He changed the height and causes the error of the Australian, that the star in the network. (0-1) 🎾30-40 Popyrin misses the balloon. Nadal still has to save another break ball. (0-1) 🎾15-40 First point Nadal adds, it serves to save the first break ball. Two remaining. (0-1) 🎾0-40 Popyrin winning forehand and THREE BREAK BALLS. (0-1) 🎾0-30 Popyrin winning cross backhand. (0-1) 🎾0-15 The Australian. He is hitting him very hard and has put Nadal in trouble, who hits the ball badly.0-1 BLANK GAME FOR POPYRIN 0-40🎾 He cannot subtract the Spanish on the other side. 0-30🎾 The rest escapes Nadal. 0-15🎾 First point of the match for Popyrin. Great serve from the Australian, one of his great weapons. START THE MATCH, NADAL – POPYRIN, LIVE !! At your service, Popyrin🎾15: 11 The time has come! The warm-up between Rafa Nadal and Popyrin is already ending on the center court of the Caja Mágica. Rafa Nadal looks for the ticket to the quarterfinals next at the Mutua Madrid Open! 15:09. In addition, Popyrin surprised everyone by remembering Soderling’s victory over Rafa Nadal at Roland Garros in 2009. “I have to put in a bit of tactics, maybe see a bit of his defeat at Roland Garros in 2009 against Robin Soderling. Maybe I can get a clue there, ”it said. «I see similarities with Soderling. I see a great serve and a great forehand. I hope I can do what he did even though it will be difficult. We will see. I’m not going out thinking I’m going to lose. I’m going to give it my all, fight, ”he warned. 15:07. For his part, Popyrin spoke this way about his confrontation with Rafa Nadal in the second round of the Mutua Madrid Open: «I’m going to go out and have fun. Nadal is the best of all time on clay. I would have preferred to play with him on grass or hard court, but I have to play on his favorite surface. He is the best on land and one of the best of all time. ”15:06. A giant serve, a great forehand, young man. Another tough opponent. This is a Masters 1000 and you don’t expect anything else. And a hard right. It will be another battle and I hope to be ready », said Rafa Nadal about Popyrin and his 1.96 meters tall. Right at this moment Alexei Popyrin and Rafa Nadal arrive on center court! 15:02 There is less to go before the Mutua Madrid Open match between Rafa Nadal and Alexei Popyrin begins! It is scheduled to start around 15: 10.14: 58. Popyrin is number 76 in the ranking and this season he won his first ATP title in the new tournament held in Singapore last February. In addition, he conquered Roland Garros in the junior category in 2017, although he performs better on the fast track. 14:56. Alexei Popyrin, Nadal’s rival at the Mutua Madrid Open today, is a 21-year-old Australian tennis player of Russian descent. He has also lived in Dubai and Alicante, so he does well with Spanish. He comes from overcoming the previous tournament, beating the Argentine Federico Coria and the French Arthur Cazaux. In the first round he beat the German Jan-Lennard Struff and gave the surprise in the second round, beating the Italian Jannik Sinner (7-6 and 6-2). 14:47 While it is time to see Nadal – Popyrin live in the Mutua Madrid Open, we are going to review what has already happened on this Thursday at the Caja Mágica. Dominic Thiem beat Alex De Miñaur (7-6, 6-4) in two sets in the match that opened the day on center court. Later, Barty has sealed his pass to the final by beating Paula Badosa (6-4 and 6-3) on a track that is already preparing to live in a few minutes the round of 16 between Rafa Nadal and Alexei Popyrin. 14:41 . ASLEIGH BARTY, FIRST FINALIST IN MADRID. The Australian beat Paula Badosa in the first semifinal in Madrid in two sets (6-4 and 6-3). The Spanish fought and played one-on-one against number one, but the match was decided by details and the Australian ended up prevailing to get into her first final of the Mutua Madrid Open.The central court of the Caja Mágica is left free, with which the match between Rafa Nadal and Popyrin can start as planned: from 3:00 p.m. 14:35 Rafa Nadal left very good feelings in his debut in the Mutua Madrid Open. His victory a few days ago at the Conde de Godó has made him gain confidence after an irregular start on the clay tour and his right hand is working very well. He barely needed an hour and a quarter to overcome his first match in the capital against the Spanish Carlos Alcaraz (6-1 and 6-2). 2:00 p.m. Good afternoon! Welcome to the live match of Rafa Nadal at the Mutua Madrid Open. The Spanish tennis player, the only surviving member of the Navy in the men’s team, meets in the round of 16 with Australian tennis player Alexei Popyrin, in an unprecedented duel on the circuit.The meeting between Rafa Nadal and Alexei Popyrin is scheduled in the third round of the central court of the Caja Mágica, for “not before 3:00 pm” and once the women’s semifinal between Paula Badosa and Asleigh Barty has finished. Rafael Nadal debuted this Wednesday in Madrid, where he is looking for his sixth crown, against Carlos Alcaraz. The Spaniard barely needed an hour and a quarter to overcome the young promise of Spanish tennis (6-1 and 6-2), to meet another young man on the circuit wanting to go far. This is Alexei Popyrin, a 21-year-old Australian tennis player and globetrotter, who comes from surprising in the second round by eliminating another jewel, the Italian Jannik Sinner. As we said, it is the first time that Rafa Nadal and Alexei Popyrin meet in The circuit. The Spanish will have to surpass the Australian to continue with a firm step in Madrid.For the Balearic Islands this is the most complicated tournament on clay, but he experiences it in a very special way when playing at home and he has already won it five times. In addition, the presence of the public in the stands – limited to 40% of the capacity – supposes an extra dose of enthusiasm and strength to continue advancing in the tournament. Open, we will review some data and try to know a little more about Popyrin, Nadal’s rival in the second round today. Of course, we will also review the results that the day of this Thursday, May 6, at the Caja Mágica is leaving us. We started !!