On Friday, Rafael Nadal will play Bulgarian 15th seed Grigor Dimitrov in the semifinal at the 2017 Australian Open.
Date: January 27, 2017
Match time: Not before 7.30 PM local time (Melbourne) / 3.30 AM EST – New York, Montreal / 8.30 AM GMT – United Kingdom / 9.30 AM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa on facing Dimitrov:
He’s a player that has an unbelievable talent, unbelievable potential. He started the season playing unbelievable.
It’s going to be a very tough match for me. I hope for him, too. I’m going to try to play my best because I know he’s playing with high confidence.
This will be the ninth time that Rafa and Grigor meet. Our champ leads the H2H record 7-1. The lone win for Grigor occurred in their last match at Beijing last October.
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Beijing China |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Grigor Dimitrov | |
| 2015 | Basel Switzerland |
Indoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2015 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Spain |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2014 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | SF | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2014 | Australian Open Australia |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2013 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati OH, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2013 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | QF | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2009 | Rotterdam Netherlands |
Indoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
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RNF did you note “ATP Swiss Indoors event in Basel on Sunday,” in today’s [New Post] Australian Open Final: What time does Rafael Nadal play Roger Federer? I almost deleted the email because I thought it was a computer glitch, until I saw the date of Jan 29, 2017 was correct.