On Tuesday, four-time champion Rafael Nadal will play his first match at the Mutua Madrid Open against Russian Andrey Kuznetsov, who beat Viktor Troicki 6-4, 6-4 in one hour and 21 minutes.
Date: May 3, 2016
Match time: Not before 4 PM local time / 10 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 3 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 leads head-to-head series 2-0. Here are the matches our champ and Andrey have played against each other:
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Doha Qatar |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal |
63 57 64
|
| 2015 | Roland Garros France |
Outdoor Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
61 63 62
|
Rafa has a 39-9 career record in Madrid, winning the title four times (2005, ’10, ’13-14) while reaching the final three other times (2009, ’11, ’15).
Since 2009, he’s reached the final six of the last seven years (except ’12-3R).
He enters with a 22-6 match record on the season (14-2 on clay).
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP World Tour
YEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) 🙂 ci….ci….ci Senior!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) Exciting beautiful win!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) Congratulations on your brilliant victory!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) Your AMAZING FANTASTIC RETURNS are simply a feast for our eyes!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) So happy for you !!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YEH!!!!!!!!!! : ) Enjoy your fantastic swift win with your fantastic loyal team and CELEBRATE all night long !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) Singing time : ) : ) : ) Love watching you move and glide and slide and serve and volley and on and on and on….God bless you sweetheart and VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 Enjoy everything & sending lots of love & happiness!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : )
VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) Rafa just beautifully won the 1st set with Beautiful tennis & fabulous fantastic SERVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 🙂 🙂 WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) GO RAFA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 🙂 GREAT MATCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : )
I apologize and retract all the complaints I made here regarding your posts. Not an excuse, but I was new then and realize that I like your positive energy. It enormously contrasts with the awful and negative comments made about Rafa. I am not referring to constructive criticism.
I have to admit though that some of your posts are long. However, others also have posted lengthy comments [I included]. Post on!
RAFA ROCKS
VAMOS RAFA ❤️😃🎾💪
All the best of luck handsome 🍀😍
U can do it 😊👍
❤️ RAFA#KINGOFCLAY#4-EVER 👑🏆
There’s nothing wrong with a bit of imaginary coaching:)) Fun I think. We all have our fantasies!!!:) Indulge ashish.
you got it right its imaginary but it’s not my coaching it’s my views ………i will not make stupid mistake to even think about coaching him. it’s just i express the views the way i like to see rafa play
and since some don’t like my views or have problem i will stop writing this way
god bless u
I LOVE YOUR VIEWS ashish & Tennis SENSIBILITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) You seem to really know Rafa’s game inside out!!!!! : ) I enjoy your wise feed back of his play very much!!!! : ) Also, thank you for always being modest, positive & classy with your comments. : )
maybe if you try referring to Rafa in the 3rd person, rather than the 2nd person, it will sound more like ‘speaking your thoughts’ rather than acting coach ……..
Don’t worry about posting your views. No objections here.
What I do object to is the screen space “Fan love” takes up with his/her juvenile posts. Whenever I see “Fan love” name I just keep scrolling to the next post, usually by a seeming adult and not a six-year old.
So keep posting, ashish on, because I do read them.
VAMOS RAFA
Post ANYTHING you care to, within reason🤗. Don’t be dissuaded by those who don’t agree with you. Imagination has created the wonders of technology. IMAGINE ON
RAFA ROCKS
Porque escriben tanto. Uno no tiene el tiempo asi de leer todos los comentarios para Rafa. AL PUNTO Y YA.
Vamos Rafa & Good Luck,
OLA & VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) GO RAFA GO : ) : ) : )
Good luck, Rafael! Be fierce and confident. What a beautiful yacht u have 2 enjoy after your victory! 👑😎🏆🎾👍❤️👏💪
Vamos Rafa 🙂
Vamos Rafa – I saw you play in Barcelona last week. Just keep up the good work!!
Good luck and best wishes for tomorrow just do your best as usual we are all here for you
Just go Rafa go you know you can win this
Use the confidence you have gained over the last few matches and play with aggression and just keep on Playing as you have done recently
VAMOS Rafa x
Good luck for the match. Vamos Rafa!!!
Hmm.. as expected he is facing a kitchen sinkn shot maker, so keep calm and get that aggressive attitude there in the match and just remember to bring that spinning high shoulder/ chest bounce in ur game
And i want ur getting quickly to positions to hit shots, shot selection and ur forehand continue to be great as u done previous tournaments
And now into the most important month of may just look for the perfect areas to hit ur serve and refine ur drop and lob shots
A very best luck for tommorrows match
Vamos rafa vamos
I hope Rafa pays you for all the advice, LMFAO O_O
I already said rafa might not knowing this site and about advice he has best in the lot with himself
so dont care as i speak my thoughts about rafa
Btw U have wasted ur 2 mins reading my comments hope those 2 mins gets payed off to u
God bless u
Oh yes, the chuckle was worth every bit of 2 minutes of my time! LMFAO
i guess something i did right ……………made u laugh
god bless u
LOVE YOUR VIEWS ashish & Tennis SENSIBILITY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) You seem to really know Rafa’s game inside out!!!!! : ) I enjoy your wise feed back of his play very much!!!! : ) Also, thank you for always being modest, positive & classy with your comments. : )