On Wednesday, seven-time champion Rafael Nadal will play his first match at the Internazionali BNL d’Italia against Philipp Kohlschreiber, who defeated Inigo Cervantes 6-4, 6-2.
Date: May 11, 2016
Match time: Not before 7.30 PM local time / 1.30 PM EDT – New York, Montreal / 6.30 PM BST – United Kingdom / 7.30 PM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / Thursday 3.30 AM AEST – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Watch online: 3pmstream
Rafael Nadal said that he is focusing solely on his second-round clash with Kohlschreiber, and not looking forward to a possible quarter-final against Novak Djokovic:
I’m not playing Novak tomorrow. I’m going to play against Kohlschreiber. He’s playing great. He won in Munich couple of weeks okay and played semi-finals in Barcelona too.
He’s playing well and he’s a very good player on clay. I am worried about that now.
The German has just a single win over Rafa – on the grass in Halle – against 13 losses to our champ, with six of them coming on clay.
Here are the matches Rafa and Philipp have played against each other:
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Barcelona Spain |
Outdoor Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal |
63 63
|
| 2013 | Beijing China |
Outdoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
64 763
|
| 2013 | US Open NY, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
674 64 63 61
|
| 2013 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
62 64
|
| 2012 | Halle Germany |
Outdoor Grass | QF | Philipp Kohlschreiber |
63 64
|
| 2012 | Doha Qatar |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
63 672 63
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Canada Canada |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal |
36 63 64
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
61 63
|
| 2010 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
64 62 26 75
|
| 2009 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Spain |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
W/O
|
| 2008 | Dubai U.A.E. |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
36 61 64
|
| 2007 | Stuttgart Germany |
Outdoor Grass | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
63 63
|
| 2007 | ATP Masters Series Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal |
62 63
|
| 2007 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal |
75 63 46 62
|
| QUALIFYING, CHALLENGER AND FUTURES MATCHES | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
| 2002 | Spain F15 Barcelona |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal |
63 675 62
|
The live stream is not working for me. In Madrid 1000 it was working fine in Google Chrome. Help needed…
Your huge fanbase supports you 100% Rafa so be strong and persevere with conviction on our match with Philip. Vamos all the way to finals!
Stay calm – win and build up your confidence – millions of hearts are with you xxxx
Rafa I am praying that you will do sooooooooooooooo well in this game agains philip, and that you have a hearty win.
Love and prayers to you,
ALaine from SydneyXX
Kohlschreiber is a very solid player he is good at everything… All of these guys are top-notch players they just are not great like dejokavic federer murray … RAFA will have to play the same way as he would Against the top players …with that being said I know he can beat him as as Usual I will rooting for him…VAMOS RAFA !!!
I hope Rafa wins this tournament, so that he can be seeded 4th in the French Open.
Good luck and Vamos Rafa!!!
Rafa isn´t arrogant respects all players! he must be tired repeat that but the press is stupid only wants create gossip doesn´t know what ask anymore!
A piece of cake!