On Friday, Rafael Nadal will play his quarter-final match at the Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell against 12th seed Fabio Fognini, who defeated eighth-seeded Viktor Troicki 6-3, 6-2.
Date: April 22, 2016
Match time: Approximately 4 PM local time / 10 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 3 PM BST – United Kingdom / 4 PM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / midnight – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Watch online: 3pmstream
Rafa on playing Fabio Fognini:
Tomorrow will be a tough match against Fognini, he beat me three times last year and it was up and down against him.
Fabio on playing Rafa:
I need some sort of miracle to beat him again.
Rafa is better than me at the moment.
Fabio eliminated Rafa in the third round of Barcelona last year, among his three wins over Rafa in 2015, including in a five-set match in the third round at the U.S. Open.
Here are the matches Rafa and Fabio have played against each other:
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Beijing China |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal |
75 63
|
| 2015 | US Open NY, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Fabio Fognini |
36 46 64 63 64
|
| 2015 | Hamburg Germany |
Outdoor Clay | F | Rafael Nadal |
75 75
|
| 2015 | Barcelona Spain |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Fabio Fognini |
64 766
|
| 2015 | Rio de Janeiro Brazil |
Outdoor Clay | SF | Fabio Fognini |
16 62 75
|
| 2014 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Miami FL, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
62 62
|
| 2013 | Beijing China |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal |
26 64 61
|
| 2013 | Roland Garros France |
Outdoor Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
765 64 64
|
| 2013 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
61 63
|
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Great job. Our Rafa is back. A delight to watch. GOOOO Rafa
VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 😉 🙂 🙂 🙂 Congratulations on your beautiful QF today!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) You played a fantastic aggressive match and we loved seeing you move forward and closing in two sets win!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) Enjoy & cerebrate it all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ; ) God bless you sweetheart & have a great day !!!!!! : ) Lots of love & happiness & VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
Just saw the stats, what the hell!!!!! Winners to errors, crazy figures.
Fogs had to be slapping balls all over the court, RAFA did well to withstand and stay focused.
Unto the semifinals match.
RAFA fan forever.
Congrats RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
CHOMP, CHOMP, CHOMP all the way to the trophy.
Didn’t see the match, the scores looked dicey at times. I have to wait until its posted online.
Yes, RAFA. REMIND THESE CHUMPS.
RAFA fan forever.
GEN, this is online…LOL
Dicey is right!
Twitter has posted already.
And, even though I didn’t see the match I was a nervous wreck watching the scores throughly the game.