On Wednesday, fourth seed Rafael Nadal will open his Shanghai Masters campaign against Viktor Troicki, who claimed an opening-round win over qualifier Lukas Rosol 6-2, 6-4.
Date: October 12, 2016
Match time: Not before 6 PM local time / 6 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 11 AM BST – United Kingdom / Noon CEST – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / 9 PM AEST – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Our champ has an unbeaten 5-0 record against 31st-ranked Troicki. They haven’t met on hard courts since 2010 when the Serbian player won his first and only set from Rafa.
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Stuttgart Germany |
Outdoor Grass | F | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2010 | Tokyo Japan |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2010 | Doha Qatar |
Outdoor Hard | SF | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2008 | US Open NY, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2008 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | R128 | Rafael Nadal |
Rafa has posted a very solid 39-13 record in 2016 and won two singles tournaments—the Barcelona Open and the Monte-Carlo Masters.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP World Tour
Oh no ! Just want to cry !
Dont know how the opponents who never won against rafa started to play so good
serving so good …
and next match they will.play so poorly
i mean its happening for lot of times now
Ashish, stop fooling yourself. These opponents do not play that great. Those incredible serves are taken care of easily by Murray, Djoko, Federer and many more top 20 players. Rafa, who does not read the serves, is insecure and playing cowardly, makes his opponents look great. All these guys are hard hitting tennis pro’s. When they face a scared opponent, they should be, and in many case are indeed, ready to roll them. And that is what happens each time. Stop believing that the 20+ guys who nowadays beat Nadal are playing the matches of their lives. They are not. They’re just playing an out of form, out of shape mental wreck.
I am gutted to see rafa losing and some fans in court crying
Dont worry rafa u will win big
dont know why but rafa was not there in 1set
then picked up well in 2 nd set but still missing the power on his shots as he did in china open
but rafa play like the china open please u played so great there
it will take some time to get there but u will get there so practice well and look out on ur returns please
the fact is, in early days rafa had won more than half of his carrer matches in locker room because of his fear of play to his opponent
now he had not so good one two years so the opponents started building to feel that they can beat nadal
it’s just the mentality
Don’t know eventually the opponent serves get so good his placement becames so good
i mean u cannot do much with that
and it is getting on and on on…. and now with many players
so its just the mentality point of view
So rafa needs to get out of this position and for this he need to win grandsLam
i had little feeling that rafa again having confidence problem with china open loss
he was playing so good in china and he must contiue to do
just now need tonpratice hard with some worknon areas rafa knows very well
See u in basel
Vamos rafa
DEAR RAFA, JUST WANT TO SAY. PLEASE , TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF. STAY HEALTHY.
ALL YOUR FANS LOVE YOU SO MUCH. YOU NEED SOME TIME TO REST.
LOVE YOU ALWAYS❤💘💗💕💚💔💜💙💓💟💖💞😙
OLA DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 : ) : ) You had some beautiful shots and it was a good match….much closer than score shows…..you brought lots of smiles to the Chinese crowd!!!!!!! : ) : ) 🙂 Enjoy your time off between tours ….there is always another opportunity!!!! : ) : ) 🙂 It was lots of fun seeing you play strong and we love you!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) VAMOS SWEETHEART & lots of love & happiness!!!!! : ) : ) : )
I think Rafa needs to go away and do some serious thinking ,not much else to say😵
There came the ACE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 : ) : ) VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
Oh No ! This isn’t looking good ,hope it’s not a repeat of last week😱
Not looking good at all 😩😭
VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) 🙂 : ) : ) : ) : ) Rafa you just played a beautiful 1st opening serve game 1st set…..: ) : ) : ) Great shots accuracy from Right & Left side of the court!!!!! : ) : ) : ) 🙂 VAMOS SWEETHEART !!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!! : )
Bonne chance rafa👍👍👍👍👍👍& vamos 👌👌❤❤❤❤
Bonne chance rafa👍👍👍👍👍👍& vamos 👌👌❤❤❤❤
Good luck today Rafa , stay positive and have a great match
Rafa just may be able to hold his seventh place spot for the World Tour. Thiem, at number eight had a chance to displace Rafa, but he pulled out of Shanghai. Berdych may wind up being number eight. Good for Rafa, good for the Tour.
RAFA ROCKS SHANGHAI
Berdych is now out of Shanghai having lost his match.
RAFA ROCKS
Good luck and Vamos Rafa!!!
VAMOS and all the best of luck sweet Rafa 🎾💪❤️🍀
Ok Rafa…Feel the love and power of all your fans! Vamos Rafa, you are loved more than you will ever know!
Okay Rafa, you heard Souix, we are channeling our love and power to you for a great match!!!
Does Rafa know this site exists? Will he see what we say here? 🙂
I doubt he reads this. As he said, he loves playing tennis but not the other things he has to endure as a tennis star (paraphrase). Fans haven’t said anything different from what the media has put out there.
Oops…Rafa just lost the first set! All my love and positive channeling didn’t work!
I just woke up to your comment, the checked the score to find Rafa is out of Shanghai. I am speechless!
Wow Rafa looks so handsome in this shirt! Who took this pic of him? He even cannot go mail a letter out without being noticed and photographed? :))))))
I was thinking the same thing! What a great shade of blue. It is a given that Rafa looks good in anything, but bright colors are the best.
Rafa you are looking fresh and ready to go in the Shanghai Masters.
SO go go go
Have a great tournament,
Love and prayers,
AlaineXXSydneyXXAustraliaXX
Have a great match Rafa!
RAFA ROCKS