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Stat of the Day: Rafael Nadal reaches second week of Australian Open for 15th time

It’s also his 51st time reaching the second week of any major.

ByJohn Berkok

Published Jan 21, 2022

20-time Grand Slam champion Rafael Nadal continued his domination of Karen Khachanov at the Australian Open on Friday night, improving to 8-0 against the Russian—and 19-2 in sets—with a 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1 third-round victory.

Nadal is now through to the second week of the Australian Open for the 15th time, the second-most round of 16 appearances at the event for a man in the Open Era.

MOST ROUND OF 16 APPEARANCES AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN (men, Open Era)
18: Roger Federer
15: Rafael Nadal
14: Novak Djokovic
11: Stefan Edberg, Tomas Berdych

It’s also the 51st time Nadal has reached the round of 16 at any Grand Slam.

MOST ROUND OF 16 APPEARANCES AT GRAND SLAMS (men, Open Era)
69: Roger Federer
56: Novak Djokovic
51: Rafael Nadal
43: Jimmy Connors

Even more impressive: Nadal has now reached the second week in 15 of 17 (.882) appearances at the Australian Open, and in 51 of 63 (.810) appearances at majors.

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