On Thursday, Rafael Nadal will play his second match at the Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati against Feliciano Lopez.
Date: August 20, 2015
Time: 7 pm EDT – Cincinnati, New York, Montreal / 12 midnight BST – United Kingdom / August 21 – 1 am CEST – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / August 21 – 9 am AEST – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
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Rafa on Feliciano Lopez:
“He is a tough opponent who’s been playing at a very, very high level in the last couple of seasons. It will be a big challenge for me, but I hope to be ready for it.”
Rafa has played Feli twelve times before and leads the series 9-3. Here are the matches they have played against each other:
| YEAR | EVENT | RND | WINNER |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai China Outdoor Hard |
R32 | Feliciano Lopez
63 766
|
| 2012 | Australian Open Australia Outdoor Hard |
R16 | Rafael Nadal
64 64 62
|
| 2011 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy Outdoor Clay |
R16 | Rafael Nadal
64 62
|
| 2011 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami FL, U.S.A. Outdoor Hard |
R32 | Rafael Nadal
63 63
|
| 2010 | US Open NY, U.S.A. Outdoor Hard |
R16 | Rafael Nadal
63 64 64
|
| 2010 | London / Queen’s Club Great Britain Outdoor Grass |
QF | Feliciano Lopez
765 64
|
| 2009 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai China Outdoor Hard |
SF | Rafael Nadal
61 30
RET
|
| 2008 | ATP Masters Series Madrid Spain Outdoor Clay |
QF | Rafael Nadal
64 64
|
| 2008 | Barcelona Spain Outdoor Clay |
R16 | Rafael Nadal
64 63
|
| 2007 | Stuttgart Germany Outdoor Grass |
SF | Rafael Nadal
61 75
|
| 2006 | Barcelona Spain Outdoor Clay |
R32 | Rafael Nadal
64 62
|
| 2003 | Basel Switzerland Indoor Hard |
R32 | Feliciano Lopez
36 63 764
|
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP World Tour
very very close…… for sure there will be other opportunities moving forward!!!!! You had some beautiful shots Rafa & amazing returns ……the entire match you were the stronger tennis player….somehow his serve saved him in the last few moments………. God bless you sweetheart & Good night !!!!!!
Fan love : I’d like to punch you for these nonsense comments. look how Murray fight back against Dimitrov , how Novak took control of 3rd st and finished up the match and talk about few beautiful shots of Rafa?. Something is very wrong with Rafa’s mentality. We as fans should voice our concern to his team and manager.
Yeah fan love is the most dilussional of the lot. If she’s been on the Titanic, she’s be thanking the captain for his wonderful steering, prior to drowning.
he lost again.
Dearest Rafa: All the best to you tonight against Lopez. Do not lose the baseline. You played with such good position last night. I hope you continue this and I also hope you continue serving great all throughout this tournament. Please stay Positive and play in the moment – you will continue to win if you do this. I pray that you stay healthy as well. The best of luck to you, and God bless you Rafa. Love, Marylynn
VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) Happy day & Congratulations again on your nice win yesterday !!!! : ) …..ci….ci…..ci….. enjoy a lovely, recharging fun afternoon & have a fantastic time playing tonight !!!!!!! : ) It will be a great match !!!!!: ) : ) : )
ps: always always know that if sometime you may hit the net serving…..your fans quickly there w you saying “its ok its ok …….try again” ……. : ) : ) : ) because IT IS always OK…. & you do great w your serve!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
Your intensity & drive moving forward is always amazing!!!!! enjoy it all sweetheart & have lots & lots of fun playing your own beautiful strong game!!!!!!!!! VAMOS & God bless you!!!!!! : )
Rafa to play his good friend Feli, so could be a little tough since they know each other well and have played doubles also together.
Looks like Rafa is finally making some adjustments for hard courts, like serving 5-8mph faster on second serves and average first serves. And returning serves from much closer to baseline than before, 2nd serve return he was like only 2 feet behind baseline.
Improvement required in pace and depth of shots, backhand shots are still way too short inside service lines, very easy to attack.
Vamos Rafa a ganar, buena suerte champion
Vamos Rafa!!
Tus amigos de BELICE
I only saw the highlights. Positive and negative at the same time: 9 break points against Nadal, but he deleted them all. Negative: many, many balls half court or even before the service line. Anyone who has the W/UE stats?
Go for it Rafan you are looking good “sorte”xxxxx
Two gorgeous, lefty Spaniards dueling each other, that will be a fun match to watch!
Best wishes to Rafa! He played terrifically last night against Chardy.
I wish you all the best I love you Island of mallorca have been there a lot and hope to be there next week for two weeks holidays second time this year,I think that you are a lovely man ,hope you do well in your next match vamos raffa.
Good luck… Vamos Rafa!
Good luck Rafa <3 <3 <3
BRAVO RAFA POUR TON MATCH CONTRE CHARDY , BIEN continu de nous faire vibrer .
VAMOSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All the best Rafa 😘⭐️ VAMOS 🎾💪
Thx. “rafaelnadalfans.com” for a GREAT site 😃👍 – Do you know how to get an Rafa autograph? I would really love one 😊😍