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!
Omg I really cannot stand much more. Rafa holds at 4 all
Maria( Siberia) , you said it would all be over in 4 sets we are now in the 5th . Didn’t your great friend Notradamas predct the world would end in 2012 and hey we are still here.
Hmnnn……
But as always, we’d see…..
Come on Rafa, you can still do this. The Jaffa cakes have come out now and I don’t even like them
Still hoping for Rafa to find his form in this 5th. Both players look tired and D. relies on his big serve. If there is justice in this world, this one goes to Rafa.
The 5th set would end in 6 – 3 in favour of ………well, read my prediction.
So sad.
But as always, we’d see………
Oh yes your punctuation is coming along nicely. Lol
I’ve just had some cheesecake when rafa didn’t break in 1st game of 5th.
You’re a bigger person than me Susie , I’m flicking the channel back and fourth .Did you notice my apostrophe ?
Damn! So stressed now I’m turned to the chocolate
A 5th set maria. I can’t take much more but I’m sticking with it.
Sioux I’m with you , I can’t watch anymore my blood pressure won’t take it 🐐😬
I’m sure my blood pressure is off the charts!! I cannot sleep while Rafa is playing so I’m up watching it again! What a grueling match…I want to keep my faith in Rafa, but this could go either way! My God Grigor is not going away! Be careful Maria (England) take deep breath’s…it’s going into the 5th!
WTF is wrong with Rafa. Now he’ll lose the 5th too.
Seems like Raonic match was completely an illusion. We thought Rafa was back but still not the same old Rafa. He would’ve finished this in 3.
God I’m so annoyed , please Rafa I don’t think I can take another set.
Come on Rafa , one more push
ci…..ci….ci….ci…. VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) 🙂 BEAUTIFUL TENNIS anad leading 2 SETS to 1 ……. YEH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
Thank God. Rafa got 3rd set on tie break. Please get it done in 4!
We have to remember that Rafa never has a walk in the park… I’m sure he has set some type of records for the longest grueling matches. He Himself has said that he is a player that wins when not playing his best tennis! I’m a coward and turned it off…will hope to awaken to Rafa holding his arms up in victory! Grigor is ready to break through… Just hope it not today! Vamooos Rafa !
I have all along predicted that Grigor Dimitrov will win the 2017 AO and it is now beginning to unfold. He win certainly defeat our good old Rafa in 4 sets.
It’s sad, but that’s the reality when Rafa refused for so long to add to his coaching crew.
I told you so!!!
BEAUTIFUL PLAYING SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ): ) : ) Breaking aggressively and leading 3:2 2nd set and ready to serve next!!!!! : ) : ) : ) LETS GO RAFA LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ): ) : ) : ) : ) VAMOS!!!!! : )
After a great start, set 2 is gone. Please turn this around already!! Dimitrov is not good enough to beat Fed, Rafa has to do it, beat them both.
KEEP GOING SWEETHEART !!! VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
Bugger – grigor playing too well for my liking.
THAT RELIABLE GREAT SERVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) He did it!!!: ) it is 5:5 and VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) BY THE WAY, it seems D coach uses his glancing at his watch as a non verbal advice for D….. he has been doing it all along…. GO RAFA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : )
I think that would be classed as coaching and would attract another warning
Can Toni and Carlos act and tell Rafa to step closer even on the 1st serve return. Grigor is getting to many angles on his 1st serve!
Come on RAFA! Vamos!