Rafael Nadal – Mischa Zverev

Mischa Zverev (ATP 30)

This season, the elder brother of Alexander Zverev managed an impressive leap in the ATP circuit. Mischa began in 2017 on position 51 ATP, but the impressive results of the Australian Open propelled him among the top 30 players in the world.

The start of the season did not bring good results for the athlete from Germany, each a victory in the Brisbane and Sydney tournaments, ahead of Alex De Minaur (257 ATP) and Nicolas Almagro (ATP 56). The most important games were played at the 2017 Australian Open, where Zverev has reached the quarterfinals, where he succumbed to that edition champion, Roger Federer. Before this result, managed Mischa surprise tournament in step 8-IMIL finals, 3-1 sets against the world number one Andy Murray (7-5, 5-7, 6-2, 6-4).

Rafael Nadal (6 ATP)

After the Australian Open final lost 3-2 in sets against the eternal rival, Roger Federer, Rafa took a break from competitions ATP. Prior’s grand slam in Melbourne, he played in the tournament in Brisbane, where he was defeated by defending champion of that tournament, at the time, Milos Raonic (6-4, 3-6, 4-6 ), one in front of which had to make it up a few days later when they won 3-0 (6-4, 7-6, 6-4) sets in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open.

Head to Head

The two players have met only once in the match directly. The confrontation took place just this season, the 8th finals of the Brisbane heights, where the Spaniard managed to win without problems, 6-1, 6-1 in a match that lasted only 56 minutes .