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Patna : Top seed Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, defeated 2nd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, in a three-set battle in the final to win men’s singles title at Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an ATP 500 clay court event event, at Barcelona, Spain, for the 12th time on April 25, 2021, late night.
World No 3 Nadal, the winner of 20 Grand Slam singles titles, beat World No 5 Tsitsipas, who had recently won Monte-Carlo Masters title, in three-sets 6-4, 6-7, 7-5 in final in 3hrs 38 minutes. Nadal had lost in the quarter-finals of Monte-Carlo Masters to World No 7 Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, on April 16, 202021.
Nadal won 4 break points during the match to 2 by the Greek. The Spainiard won 5 games in a row during the match to 3 by Tsitsipas. Nadal, in all, won 123 points during the match to 119 by the Greek. Nadal committed 4 double faults to 3 by Tsitsipas. The Greek, however, fired 5 Aces in the match to 2 by the Spainiard.