On Friday, No. 4 seed Rafael Nadal will play his quarter-final match at the Monte Carlo Rolex Masters against world No. 41 Diego Schwartzman, who advanced to the last eight by saving all five break points he faced in a 6-3, 6-0 win over qualifier Jan-Lennard Struff.
Date: April 21, 2017
Match time: Around 4 PM local time / 10 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 3 PM BST – United Kingdom / 4 PM CET – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / midnight AEDT – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa leads Schwartzman 2-0 in their FedEx ATP Head2Head series, but the pair has not met since the 2015 US Open.
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | US Open NY, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R64 | Rafael Nadal | |
| 2013 | Acapulco Mexico |
Outdoor Hard | R32 | Rafael Nadal |
Our champ has a 367-34 clay-court match wins record, according to the FedEx ATP Performance Zone, with the best winning percentage (.915) of any player in the Open Era.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP World Tour
The little ones are the ones you have to watch! Quick and light on their feet
CONGRAZ RAFA…..another win!
RAFA ROCKS
Goffin doing v well against Djok.
I thought he had the potential to beat Djok …played a very competitive match against Djok over a year ago in Miami and he’s better now.
We’ll see…
Wonder if Rafa has even played Goffin, I don’t have a memory of it if so.
Goffin – Djoko. on court now… C’mon Goffin, good luck 🍀😊👍🏻
Rafa, Albert just bested Marin. Could we see an all-Spanish final?
RAFA ROCKS
Rafa, DON’T let Diego’s 5’7″ frame fool you. He won his spot to challenge you by beating Bautista-Agut [6’0″], and Struff [6’5″]. If you know the proverb, “Good things come in small packages,” don’t let Schwartzman be your poison.
GOOD LUCK RAFA BECAUSE YOU ROCK
well done you are doing very good,looking forward to your match this afternoon vamos rafa.
Very happy 2 Rafa 🤗❤️🍀
Good luck later to day champ 😘🤞🏻Looking forward to the match 😍 – Go nail that too 😃💕
VAMOS RAFA! 🎾💪🏼🐂🇪🇸👑💖
Did you know that Rafa, Serena, et al., did a Nike-NY publicity shoot at or near the High Line, an elevated garden designed by Dutch plant-world rock star Piet Oudolf? What a small world.
RAFA ROCKS THE ADS
Good luck and Vamos Rafa!
LOL Yes, funny response from @Ruth.
It appears RNF has made the correction. Not so much about an incorrect day as it is about a very busy person could have easily been confused, as I was.
RAFA ROCKS
@Connie No worries about my named being misspelled. Typos happen.
I responded to yours @10:26PM but there was no reply link. I think unless one has already confirmed to follow a RNF post, there is no reply link in an initial comment.
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Good luck tomorrow Rafa, don’t know much about Schwartzman only that he’s the smallest player on tour at 5ft7 which i guess for a tennis player when most are 6ft + is short . Can’t see he will cause Rafa any problems but i guess we will see tomorrow
Sorry Margo my turn to make a typo should gave read Margo not Margins!!
Margins, it will be Friday, we know what day of the week it is, probably a typo. All the very best to,Rafa as always. By the way loved Rafa’s reaction to the win today, every so respectful to the birthday boy as he knows he can play much better than he did today. 🎾🎾👍🎂
On Wednesday? I thought the QF were on Friday?
Today is Thursday so tomorrow is Friday!