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1. Voo de Mar says:

   October 10, 2022 at 9:54 pm

   Points won by each set: | 39-43, 40-36, 38-31 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   10 % Nadal – 12 of 112
   5 % Gasquet – 6 of 115

   The Nadal-Gasquet H2H is one of the most one-sided of the Open Era (# Nadal leads 18:0, never being really close to lose to the Frenchman), but after their Monte Carlo clash, which was their second main-level meeting, a great rivalry for another ~10 years could be expected. Nadal [17] failed to serve the 1st set out at 5:4 & 6:5. The ensuing tie-break was very atypical – noone won a point on serve until 6-all! Gasquet [101] took it 8/6 and jumped to a 2:0* lead in the 2nd set – Nadal won another five games, but Gasquet cut the deficit to *4:5 (30-all). The Frenchman also began the decider with a break, but he was struggling with his back and left leg. Despite the pain he was hitting winners all over the place. He wasted 4 break points at 2-all and another one at 3-all (for a moment he thought he won the game after a risky BH down the line) before succumbing. Nadal celebrated the 2-hour 45-minute victory on his back. Two years later, in their second most balanced encounter, he defeated Gasquet 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in Shanghai, having more control over the last two sets. After their initial five meetings, Gasquet had won 4 sets, now has lost 34 in succession.

   Serve & volley: Nadal 1/1, Gasquet 6/11

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   May 29, 2025 at 10:42 am

   # Nadal and Gasquet have known each other since they were 12; on the professional circuit they met for the first time as 17 year-old boys in St. Jean De Luz ’03 (Challenger), Gasquet won the opener 6-2 and Nadal retired, one year later in Estoril, Nadal took a revenge 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 being injured in the 3rd set – he stated he didn’t want to retire again against his potentially great rival in the future, the injury aggravated, and he skipped the French Open (it would have been his debut there)

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