Rafael Nadal

Rafael Nadal will face another hurdle in the pursuit of his 14th French Open title with German talent Alexander Zverev his opponent in Friday's semi-final.

Rafael Nadal 6-4 6-4 4-6 7-6(7) 7-6(11) 7-5 6-3 Bernabe Zapata-Miralles (Spain) 7-6(2) 6-3 7-6(5) 6-2 4-6 6-2 7-6(4)

Former nine-time Wimbledon champion Martina Navratilova thinks Rafael Nadal will definitely break her record for most wins at a Grand Slam event.

We played, as I said before, in the most important events, in the most important matches for a lot of years, and it's always special to play against each other," Nadal said. "Tonight was just a quarterfinals match, not the final. "It has been a very emotional night for me.

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My name is Manuel Carmona Hidalgo and I will be your antifri antifrió n for this match. In 2020 they already met here in France at the ATP Parí s and in the same round in the semifinals where Alexander Zverev won by 6-4 and 7-5. Their first clash was in the round of 16 at Indian Wells in 2016 where Nadal won in three sets. Before playing the Grand Slam he defended the crown at the ATP Rome but the discomfort in the round of 16 against Shapavalov deprived him of advancing in the Italian tournament despite winning the first set with 6-1. In the quarterfinals he took revenge in the Mutua Madrid and defeated Carlos Alcaraz in four sets. 1º Set Rafael Nadal (7-6) Alexander Zverev

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The Spaniard will be pleased to face Zverev in the afternoon session, after a scheduling row that saw Nadal and Djokovic play into the early hours of the morning. "We always talk about Zverev’s weakness at the baseline, the forehand down the line but he doesn’t have to hit a forehand down the line against Rafa as he can hit cross-court with a lot of topspin and set it up for his backhand. Mats Wilander has claimed that Alexander Zverev’s game matches up “perfectly” against Rafael Nadal ahead of their French Open semi-final.

RAFAEL NADAL is edging closer and closer to an historic 14th French Open title.The Spaniard came through a gruelling four-set quarter-final as he beat.

Rafa Nadal* 7-6 2-3 Alex Zverev Rafa Nadal* 7-6 3-4 Alex Zverev I didn't say a bad word. I didn't say that bad word. All the best to him and his team.”Rafael Nadal He is holding his right ankle. Rafa Nadal* 7-6 4-5 Alex Zverev He is having a medical timeout. Rafa Nadal* 7-6 5-6 Alex Zverev He is so much pain. Surely he cannot continue. To see him crying is a very tough moment.

The 13-time French Open champion Nadal, who turned 36 on Friday, becomes the oldest player to make the final at Roland Garros.

Nadal, who owns the men's Grand Slam record at 21 wins, has never lost in a French Open final. Rafael Nadal advanced to the 2022 French Open final on Friday after his semifinal opponent, Alexander Zverev, retired from the match with an injury late into a tightly-contested second set. The match lasted over three hours to that point.

Rafael Nadal has advanced to the French Open final after Alexander Zverev fell during a point, injured his right ankle and stopped playing.

Nadal saved Zverev's fourth set point with the help of a drop shot. His racket flew out of his hand and landed behind him after one wild swing mistakenly sent a ball zipping past the chair umpire until it landed 10 feet wide of the court. Zverev then was taken off the court in a wheelchair. Several minutes later, he came back out using crutches and said he needed to retire from the match. When Zverev did try a drop shot in the match's eighth game, it was merely so-so, and Nadal not only reached it but ripped a down-the-line backhand passing winner. Playing on his 36th birthday at an event he first won at 19, Nadal emerged to claim a tight-as-can-be, draining first set that lasted 1½ hours by a 7-6 (8) score.

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He came back onto court on crutches and the match was done. The German then broke Nadal for the fourth straight time to go up 5-3. But serving for the set, he began with a double fault and though he led 30-15, he hit two more double faults to let Nadal back in again.

Nadal had claimed the 91-minute opening set in an epic tiebreaker, 10-8, and had clawed back from a deficit in the second set, with another tiebreaker ...

After a few minutes’ pause, Zverev returned to the court on crutches, Nadal beside him. “Very tough,” Nadal told his interviewer, seven-time Grand Slam champion Mats Wilander, reporting for Eurosport. “Very sad for him, honestly. He was playing unbelievable tournament.

Rafael Nadal will play for his 14th French Open title and 22nd Grand Slam crown after Alexander Zverev suffered a horrific right ankle injury during the ...

So all the best to him and all the team.” Soon a wheelchair was brought out and Zverev was taken off the court. He later came out on crutches and embraced Nadal, as the Spaniard patted his face in encouragement.

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Lo que lo convierte en el segundo hombre en la Era Abierta en ganar cada uno de los cuatro Grand Slams dos veces. Los espectadores le dieron a Zverev una estridente ovación mientras estrechaba la mano del juez de silla y abrazaba a Nadal. Zverev inmediatamente cayó y gritó de dolor, mientras se agarraba el tobillo derecho.

El español se imponía 7-6 (10) y marchaba 6-6 en el segundo cuando el tenista alemán sufrió una dolorosa lesión en su tobillo que lo obligó a dejar el ...

No obstante, el resto de los paseos del Parque Nacional se encuentran habilitados para el turismo el serbio Novak Djokovic en cuartos de final y en semifinales del 2021 también ante Djokovic. Además no pudo presentarse a jugar en 2016 ante su compatriota Marcel Granollers por lesión. El segundo set, que también se extendió por más de una hora y media, no llegó a finalizar. El encuentro que se desarrolló en el Court Philippe-Chatrier era de alto vuelo, a punto tal que luego de 3 horas y casi 15 minutos de partido todavía no se había terminado el segundo set. “Ha sido un partido muy difícil, más de tres horas y ni siquiera terminamos el segundo set. Sin embargo, otra vez apareció el espíritu inoxidable de Rafa: ganó dos games seguidos, se puso 5-5 y llegó con su servicio a una bola de poner las cosas 6-6.

Rafael Nadal has reached the final of the French Open after opponent Alexander Zverev was forced to retire injured.

He continued: “Difficult to say a lot of things today in this situation. Despite reaching the final, Nadal will not be satisfied with his game after keeping himself ahead solely on his endless fighting spirit and clutch play. After a short time, and as Nadal also went off court, Zverev returned to the court on crutches and saluted the crowd while his retirement was confirmed. By 5-4 to Zverev, eight of the first nine games of set two had been service breaks. For much of the first set, Zverev was on fire. After Zverev badly missed an easy volley at 3-6, Nadal pulled off an outrageous angled forehand passing shot winner on the following point.