Del Potro has won two of his past three meetings with Nadal. Serves to Del Potro's back hand and then sends the return the other way leaving the Argentine stranded. Nadal went on to win his 16th Grand Slam trophy at that U.S. Open. This time, he will be facing Dominic Thiem, who is playing his first Grand Slam final. Suspect that most of those people are Rafa fans who are quite happy with the level of entertainment he provides? The Spaniard, bidding for an 11th title at Roland Garros, will meet fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro in Friday's semi-final after the Argentine overcame Marin Cilic 7-6(5) 5-7 6-3 7-5. It will be No. Nadal takes the second set; leads 6-4, 6-1, Dominic Thiem through to his first Grand Slam final, Second set tie-break Cecchitano 10-10 Thiem, Copyright © 2020 The Indian Express [P] Ltd. All Rights Reserved, Rafael Nadal beats Juan Martin Del Potro, through to 11th French Open final: As it happened. It would be good to see him in the final. The Spaniard maintained his momentum to take a 2-0 lead in the second, executing the drop shot to perfection and making Del Potro run in the heat, claiming another break with a searing backhand. Alerts: Get tennis news sent to your phone. Huge cheer from the crowd as the announcer reads out his name after being done with his long list of record. Injury concerns remain, though. Top seed Nadal, 32, trailed 6-4 3-5 when play was halted on Wednesday. The Romanian broke Muguruza's serve six times in a ruthless display to set up Saturday's final against U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens. It is an eighth straight win for Del Potro in his meetings with Cilic. Del Potro gets three break points, last of which was due to a Nadal double fault. However, he was beaten in the most recent - the US Open semi-final last year - and has lost nine of their 14 matches overall. @28 I assume you aren't old enough to remember Vilas and Wilander moon balling 80 shot rallies down the middle of the court? Nadal is the hot favourite to win the second Grand Slam of the year, having dominated on the red clay since making his Roland Garros debut in 2005. At the end of that rally Del Potro just gave a tired, battered smile to the sky before walking back to his spot.

That is it from the French Open 2018 Men's singles semi-final match between Rafael Nadal vs Juan Martin Del Potro at Stade Roland Garros. However, his fearless approach was completely ruined by the rain delays and allowed Nadal to regain control. Nadal – 35/19 Get the latest tennis headlines sent straight to your phone, sign-up to our newsletter and learn where to find us on online. An easy smash into the net midway through the fourth set characterised his problems, a total of 25 unforced errors compared to eight winners in the final two sets underlining the pressure being put on by Nadal. The freedom with which Schwartzman had played in the first set had disappeared, errors which had been rare becoming increasingly regular. The Spaniard is relentless and Del Potro doesn't have any answers. Schwartzman is a rare sight in the modern men's game, standing just 5ft 7in, but his stature has not prevented him rising to a career-high 12th in the world rankings. "I was able to stop, to think, to calm down and to see things a bit with more clarity," he said. Nadal [1] bt Del Potro [5] 6-4 6-1 6-2, WINNERS/UNFORCED ERRORS The Spaniard will face fifth seed Juan Martin del Potro in Friday's semi-final after the Argentine beat third seed Marin Cilic 7-6 (7-5) 5-7 6-3 7-5 in another quarter-final that was moved to Thursday.

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