On Wednesday, No. 5 seed Rafael Nadal will play his quarter-final match at the Miami Open against world No. 17 Jack Sock, who eliminated Jared Donaldson, 6-2, 6-1, in 62 minutes.
Date: March 29, 2017
Match time: Not before 9 PM local time / 9 PM EDT – New York, Montreal / Thursday 2 AM BST – United Kingdom / Thursday 3 AM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / Thursday noon AEDT – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa leads the overall head to head 2-0, but Sock has taken a set off Rafa in both their previous meetings.
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Beijing China |
Outdoor Hard | QF | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2015 | Roland Garros France |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Congratulations on the good win, Rafa!
🎾🎾💪🏻💪🏻🏆🏆🇪🇸🇪🇸
Fog now for the 1003!
GOOD LUCK RAFA! 🍀🎾😀👍
Hi all. Cmon rafa – you can and will do this. Please don’t stress us out so early in the morning! And look Maria – the umpires is mohamed lahyani. That has got to be a good start!
It must be a good omen Susie
Don’t hold back Rafa! Unleash the beast!
Here are my predictions for the rest of the tournament:
Jack Sock vs Rafa Nadal – Nadal wins in 2 straight sets (6 -4, , 7-5)
Thomas Berdych vs Roger Federer – RF wins in 2 sets (7-5, 6-3)
Nick Kyrgios vs ”Shasha” Zverev – Nick wins in 3 sets (1 – 6, 6 – 4, 7 – 6)
Fabio Fognini vs Rafa Nadal – Nadal wins in 3 sets (8 – 3, 2 – 6, 7 – 6)
Nick Kyrgios vs Roger Federer – Nick wins in 3 sets (4 – 6, 7 -5, 5 – 4)
FINAL::
Rafa Nadal vs Nick Kyrgios – Nick wins in 2 sets (5 – 3, 6 – 4)
But as always, we’d see…………….hmmmnn
Hi Maria, I think you meant 6-3, but you are right to be realistic. With Kyrgios, however, you never know which Nick will show up. If the good Nick is serving aces, Rafa’s chances are slimmer.
Believe me, Nick will definitely *show up* if he plays Rafa. But somehow I don’t worry too much abt this matchup. At least for the time being.
Nick will be likely to beat Rafa every time they meet but it’s the story of the future, a common story that happens to all the Greats. So we’ll worry abt that later. 🙂
Maria your prediction seem right on… I’m afraid that Nick will take out Rafa unless Roger knocks out Nick first.. which the way he’s playing could happen! Fabbio has giving Rafa a tough time… Believe he beat him three times & Rafa has him the last two times they played… Vy please correct me if I’m wrong!
Sioux, of all the 10 times they played each other, 5 times were in 2015 in which Rafa lost to him
3 times and won the other 2.
The first 2 were on clay (Rio and Barcelona), which was shocking. The next one was also on clay – the Hamburg final but Rafa managed to win this time 75 75. Then came the story of the year – his shocking defeat at USO in which he totally, uncharacteristically blew the two sets to love lead. It still gives me nightmare sometimes.
They played again the last match in 2015 on hardcourt (Beijing SF) and of course this time Rafa absolutely needed to win. He did in straight sets.
Then in 2016 they played the only and last match at Barcelona SF. This time Rafa coldly swept him aside, playing a perfect TB to win the match in straights 62 76(1).
All in all it’s the story of Rafa in 2015. The torturing year for us fans.
But I believe that chapter is over. Rafa will win if they meet.
Thank you Vy!
Yeah Maria (Siberia), those (minus the scores) are my predictions too.
But I think Rafa will in straight sets against Fognini should they meet. Sock is likely to be the tougher opponent for him before the final.
I want Nick in the final even though he’s really hot right now as I feel Rafa needs that test. But I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s Zverev or Fed instead of him. If Nick *really* wants it, he’ll make it; if not, then Zverev or Fed.
But it would also be absolutely fascinating if Birdie somehow manages to bet Fed this time when Fed is the absolute favourite. Who knows if he has found himself too fed up being Fed’s piegon most of the time in all those years and determines to pull off another Wimby 10. 😬
But first, let see how Rafa handles Sock. He’s believing he can beat Rafa and that belief itself is always a big, big weapon.
Hi Maria (Siberia) , love your predictions all except the final, you seemed to have got yourself a bit 😕 confused and typed your names the wrong way round ( tired I expect Lol) never mind easily done , even the greatest make mistakes