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Rafael Nadal #5 def. Joao Sousa #35

6-0 4-6 6-3

Match Information

Date	May 7, 2016*
Tournament	Madrid Masters
Category	Masters 1000
Surface	Clay
Round	QF
Winner	Rafael Nadal
Score	6-0 4-6 6-3
Loser	Joao Sousa
Duration	2h 5m

Stat	Rafael Nadal	Joao Sousa
Aces	3	1
Double faults	0	1
First serve %	75	73
First serve points won %	73	67
Second serve points won %	67	37
Break points saved %	67	69
Break points converted %	31	33
Service points won %	71	59
Return points won %	41	29
Total points won %	56	44

Pre-match Comparison

Field	Rafael Nadal	Joao Sousa
Country	ESP	POR
Birth date	Jun 3, 1986	Mar 30, 1989
Age	29	27
Height	185	185
Handedness	Left-Handed	Right-Handed
Backhand style	Two-Handed Backhand	Two-Handed Backhand
Ranking (entering)	5	35
Ranking points (entering)	5,915	1,181
Elo (entering)	2,251	1,839
Career W-L	1,045–225	189–247
Career earnings	$134,946,100	$8,340,548

Pre-match H2H

Rafael Nadal 1 – 0 Joao Sousa

Path

Rafael Nadal's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2016	R16	Sam Querrey	6-4 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2016	R32	Andrey Kuznetsov	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data

Rafael Nadal's next match

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 7, 2016	SF	Andy Murray	5-7 4-6	L	H2H	Match data

Joao Sousa's path

Date	Round	Opponent	Score	W/L	H2H	Match data
May 6, 2016	R16	Jack Sock	6-1 6-7(3) 6-2	W	H2H	Match data
May 4, 2016	R32	Marcel Granollers	6-3 6-3	W	H2H	Match data
May 3, 2016	R64	Nicolas Mahut	6-4 6-4	W	H2H	Match data