Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic 6-2, 6-2 in the Canadian Open final, 2013 on hard court in Montreal
It was Nadal's third title at the event. He would follow it up by winning the next Masters event at Cincinnati. Raonic was playing in his first Masters final
Nadal won 55 points, Raonic 31
Serve Stats
Nadal...
- 1st serve percentage (28/40) 70%
- 1st serve points won (22/28) 79%
- 2nd serve points won (11/12) 92%
- Aces 4
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (18/40) 45%
Raonic...
- 1st serve percentage (23/46) 50%
- 1st serve points won (14/23) 61%
- 2nd serve points won (10/23) 43%
- Aces 4, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (14/46) 30%
Serve Pattern
Nadal served...
- to FH 23%
- to BH 53%
- to Body 25%
Raonic served...
- to FH 44%
- to BH 53%
- to Body 2%
Return Stats
Nadal made...
- 29 (8 FH, 21 BH)
- 1 Winner (1 FH)
- 9 Errors, comprising...
- 2 Unforced (1 FH, 1 BH)
- 7 Forced (6 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (29/43) 67%
Raonic made...
- 22 (11 FH, 11 BH)
- 14 Errors, comprising...
- 10 Unforced (3 FH, 7 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 4 Forced (2 FH, 2 BH)
- Return Rate (22/40) 55%
Break Points
Nadal 4/4
Raonic 0/3 (1 game)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Nadal 12 (9 FH, 3 BH)
Raonic 3 (3 FH)
Nadal's FHs - 2 cc (1 pass), 3 dtl (1 return), 3 inside-out and 1 inside-in/cc
- BHs (all passes) - 2 cc and 1 dtl
Raonic's FHs - 1 dtl and 2 inside-out
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Nadal 14
- 7 Unforced (6 FH, 1 BHV)
- 7 Forced (4 FH, 3 BH)... with 1 FH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
Raonic 22
- 16 Unforced (10 FH, 6 BH)
- 6 Forced (3 FH, 2 FHV, 1 BHV)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.3
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Nadal was 0/2 at net
Raonic was...
- 4/11 (36%) at net, including...
- 0/2 serve-volleying, both 1st serves
Match Report
Terrible from Raonic - especially on the return, on his groundstroke consistency and movement - severely limiting how well Nadal has scope to play because there's little for him to do than put the ball in court to win points. Conditions are slow-ish
Play
Solid serving from Nadal, getting 70% in. 45% unreturned rate is highly flattering to him and a product of Raonic returning very poorly
Note Nadal winning all but 1 second serve point - 11/12 or 92%. Raonic misses return on 7 of them. Just normal, Nadal second serves - but Raonic can't make the return. His movement is as much as fault as the shot itself. Good lot of body serves from Nadal (25% of them)... to see Raonic get jammed on them, you'd think he was facing his own pace serving. They're actually fairly routine serves - even the first serves - he just can't get out of way to play them properly. Not that that's a big difference against regulation serves in swing zone
Nadal starts looking to play solid from baseline, as is his wont. Raonic is so poor off the ground - it takes 2-3 shots for him to give up a UE, usually a neutral shot - that Nadal's has luxary of being a bit more attacking from the back. Goes for attacking FH dtl's more than usual
High 50 UEFI for Nadal reflects this and speaks both to his not missing neutral shots as well as being attacking. Figure 50 playing from baseline usually reflects high very aggressive play. Nadal occasionally has very high score in this area due to very low neutral errors. That's true in this match, but by far more due to Raonic giving up errors early than any outstanding consistency from Nadal. He doesn't have scope to be outstanding - rallies don't last long enough for it
Nadal's baseline aggression comes through in 9 FH winners too, while he has 0 BH UEs. Doesn't have to play many. Raonic plays BH cc's and FH inside-outs
Near 0 interest in coming forward by Nadal. He's at net twice - 1 is a forced approach, the other as he serves out the match - and loses both points
Raonic doesn't serve particularly well. Just 50% in and getting 30% unreturned on this court with a figure like that is decent. Good second serves too, but Nadal is typically sure in putting balls in play
He's very poor off the ground, giving up UEs quickly. Odd good FH inside-out, but not many (forces 4 errors from Nadal's FH). Coming to net isn't easy against Nadal's heavy groundstrokes. Raonic looks to do so to the BH - and keeps getting burnt by strong passes. More credit Nadal's passing than discredit Raonic here
Finally, Raonic's movements leave much to be desired. He's slow in all areas - including moving for return. Its easy to imagine Nadal having a field day moving him around, but he doesn't need to and neutral groundies are enough to draw errors
Match Progression
Match starts as it doesn't continue. Raonic holds to 15 with 2 aces, a service winner and a FH dtl winner. The only point he loses is when Nadal passes him BH dtl for a winner - that part at least stays the same
Rest of match, Raonic has 2 aces, no more service winners and 2 more winners
Nadal first breaks to 30 in a game with 2 third ball UEs and a mild FE caused as much by slow movement as Nadal's shot. He gains the second break after being down 40-0. In between, Nadal loses just 1 service point
Raonic is broken to start the second set too, with 2 double faults sinking him. Few games later, he has his only break points through a sharp BH cc and a net point to go up 0-40. Nadal wins the next 5 points to hold - including sending down 2 aces. The key point is the 3rd break point, where Nadal finds a difficult BH cc passing winner
Nadal adds another break with Raonic missing a FH winner attempt on break point before serving it out
Summing up, very easy win for Nadal, who's solid. Story of match though is Raonic playing atrociously. I wouldn't draw any conclusions about Nadal's form from this match - its like a first round encounter against a qualifier
Stats for Nadal's semi with Novak Djokovic - https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...jokovic-canadian-open-semi-final-2013.670318/
It was Nadal's third title at the event. He would follow it up by winning the next Masters event at Cincinnati. Raonic was playing in his first Masters final
Nadal won 55 points, Raonic 31
Serve Stats
Nadal...
- 1st serve percentage (28/40) 70%
- 1st serve points won (22/28) 79%
- 2nd serve points won (11/12) 92%
- Aces 4
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (18/40) 45%
Raonic...
- 1st serve percentage (23/46) 50%
- 1st serve points won (14/23) 61%
- 2nd serve points won (10/23) 43%
- Aces 4, Service Winners 1
- Double Faults 3
- Unreturned Serve Percentage (14/46) 30%
Serve Pattern
Nadal served...
- to FH 23%
- to BH 53%
- to Body 25%
Raonic served...
- to FH 44%
- to BH 53%
- to Body 2%
Return Stats
Nadal made...
- 29 (8 FH, 21 BH)
- 1 Winner (1 FH)
- 9 Errors, comprising...
- 2 Unforced (1 FH, 1 BH)
- 7 Forced (6 FH, 1 BH)
- Return Rate (29/43) 67%
Raonic made...
- 22 (11 FH, 11 BH)
- 14 Errors, comprising...
- 10 Unforced (3 FH, 7 BH), including 1 runaround FH
- 4 Forced (2 FH, 2 BH)
- Return Rate (22/40) 55%
Break Points
Nadal 4/4
Raonic 0/3 (1 game)
Winners (including returns, excluding aces)
Nadal 12 (9 FH, 3 BH)
Raonic 3 (3 FH)
Nadal's FHs - 2 cc (1 pass), 3 dtl (1 return), 3 inside-out and 1 inside-in/cc
- BHs (all passes) - 2 cc and 1 dtl
Raonic's FHs - 1 dtl and 2 inside-out
Errors (excluding returns and serves)
Nadal 14
- 7 Unforced (6 FH, 1 BHV)
- 7 Forced (4 FH, 3 BH)... with 1 FH running-down-drop-shot at net
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 50
Raonic 22
- 16 Unforced (10 FH, 6 BH)
- 6 Forced (3 FH, 2 FHV, 1 BHV)
Unforced Error Forcefulness Index 46.3
(Note 1: all half-volleys refer to such shots played at net. Half -volleys played from other parts of the court are included within relevant groundstroke counts)
(Note 2: the Unforced Error Forcefulness Index is an indicator of how aggressive the average UE was. The numbers presented for these two matches are keyed on 4 categories - 20 defensive, 40 neutral, 50 attacking and 60 winner attempt)
Net Points & Serve-Volley
Nadal was 0/2 at net
Raonic was...
- 4/11 (36%) at net, including...
- 0/2 serve-volleying, both 1st serves
Match Report
Terrible from Raonic - especially on the return, on his groundstroke consistency and movement - severely limiting how well Nadal has scope to play because there's little for him to do than put the ball in court to win points. Conditions are slow-ish
Play
Solid serving from Nadal, getting 70% in. 45% unreturned rate is highly flattering to him and a product of Raonic returning very poorly
Note Nadal winning all but 1 second serve point - 11/12 or 92%. Raonic misses return on 7 of them. Just normal, Nadal second serves - but Raonic can't make the return. His movement is as much as fault as the shot itself. Good lot of body serves from Nadal (25% of them)... to see Raonic get jammed on them, you'd think he was facing his own pace serving. They're actually fairly routine serves - even the first serves - he just can't get out of way to play them properly. Not that that's a big difference against regulation serves in swing zone
Nadal starts looking to play solid from baseline, as is his wont. Raonic is so poor off the ground - it takes 2-3 shots for him to give up a UE, usually a neutral shot - that Nadal's has luxary of being a bit more attacking from the back. Goes for attacking FH dtl's more than usual
High 50 UEFI for Nadal reflects this and speaks both to his not missing neutral shots as well as being attacking. Figure 50 playing from baseline usually reflects high very aggressive play. Nadal occasionally has very high score in this area due to very low neutral errors. That's true in this match, but by far more due to Raonic giving up errors early than any outstanding consistency from Nadal. He doesn't have scope to be outstanding - rallies don't last long enough for it
Nadal's baseline aggression comes through in 9 FH winners too, while he has 0 BH UEs. Doesn't have to play many. Raonic plays BH cc's and FH inside-outs
Near 0 interest in coming forward by Nadal. He's at net twice - 1 is a forced approach, the other as he serves out the match - and loses both points
Raonic doesn't serve particularly well. Just 50% in and getting 30% unreturned on this court with a figure like that is decent. Good second serves too, but Nadal is typically sure in putting balls in play
He's very poor off the ground, giving up UEs quickly. Odd good FH inside-out, but not many (forces 4 errors from Nadal's FH). Coming to net isn't easy against Nadal's heavy groundstrokes. Raonic looks to do so to the BH - and keeps getting burnt by strong passes. More credit Nadal's passing than discredit Raonic here
Finally, Raonic's movements leave much to be desired. He's slow in all areas - including moving for return. Its easy to imagine Nadal having a field day moving him around, but he doesn't need to and neutral groundies are enough to draw errors
Match Progression
Match starts as it doesn't continue. Raonic holds to 15 with 2 aces, a service winner and a FH dtl winner. The only point he loses is when Nadal passes him BH dtl for a winner - that part at least stays the same
Rest of match, Raonic has 2 aces, no more service winners and 2 more winners
Nadal first breaks to 30 in a game with 2 third ball UEs and a mild FE caused as much by slow movement as Nadal's shot. He gains the second break after being down 40-0. In between, Nadal loses just 1 service point
Raonic is broken to start the second set too, with 2 double faults sinking him. Few games later, he has his only break points through a sharp BH cc and a net point to go up 0-40. Nadal wins the next 5 points to hold - including sending down 2 aces. The key point is the 3rd break point, where Nadal finds a difficult BH cc passing winner
Nadal adds another break with Raonic missing a FH winner attempt on break point before serving it out
Summing up, very easy win for Nadal, who's solid. Story of match though is Raonic playing atrociously. I wouldn't draw any conclusions about Nadal's form from this match - its like a first round encounter against a qualifier
Stats for Nadal's semi with Novak Djokovic - https://tt.tennis-warehouse.com/ind...jokovic-canadian-open-semi-final-2013.670318/
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