The meeting lasted 3 hours 38 minutes and ended with a score of 6: 4, 6: 7 (6: 8), 7: 5, in favor of the Spanish tennis player, who thus became the winner of the tournament in Barcelona for the 12th time in his career.

For 34-year-old Nadal, this title was 87th in his career.

Earlier it was reported that Karatsev in a tie-break lost to Berrettini in the final of the ATP tournament in Belgrade