2014 Wimbledon: Nadal d Kukushkin

Rafael Nadal def. Mikhail Kukushkin 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-1, 6-1

Keys To The Match

• Everything changed when Nadal broke at 2-1 in the second set.
• Nadal’s backhand second serve return stood tall hitting two winners in that game.
• Kukushkin only won 35% of second serve points for the match
• Nadal only yielded 13 forced errors off his backhand return.
• Nadal only made three unforced errors off his backhand return for the match.

Rafael Nadal started slowly but once he broke serve for the first time at 2-1 in the second set he only lost two more games for the rest of the match.