Rafael Nadal and John Isner will be going head-to-head for the seventh time in their careers when they clash in the quarterfinals of China Open on Friday afternoon in Beijing.
Date: 6 October 2017
Match time: Rafa is second match on National Tennis Stadium. Not before 2.30 PM local time / 2.30 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 7.30 AM BST – United Kingdom / 8.30 AM CEST – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / 5.30 PM AEDT – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa on playing Isner:
Tomorrow will be a tough one against Isner; he’s playing unbelievably well. I saw his match today. He played huge. So let’s see what’s going on tomorrow.
The Nadal v Isner head-to-head series stands at 6-0, including two hard court wins.
| YEAR | EVENT | SURFACE | RND | WINNER | RESULT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Rome Italy |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
64 64
|
| 2015 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte Carlo Monaco |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
766 46 63
|
| 2013 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati OH, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | F | Rafael Nadal |
768 763
|
| 2011 | Roland Garros France |
Outdoor Clay | R128 | Rafael Nadal |
64 672 672 62 64
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid Spain |
Outdoor Clay | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
75 64
|
| 2010 | ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Indian Wells CA, U.S.A. |
Outdoor Hard | R16 | Rafael Nadal |
75 36 63
|
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
When the 2nd set against Isner went into a tie breaker I must admit I expected Isner to win that set with a string of aces.
I never dreamed that Rafa would actually bagel him in a tie breaker. !! I was expecting the match to go to a third set.
Wonderful Rafa..!!
Although I originally wished Rafa would skip Beijing I can now see that this win in particular would give Rafa a lot of confidence going into Shanghai.
Best of luck to Rafa in his match against Dimitrov to-morrow.
Good going champ. Rest up for your semifinal.
RAFA ROCKS
Hello all! Hope you’re all doing great in this world!
Wow so this is the first time Isner has been broken in Beijing? Go Rafa!! Show him it’s not all about the serving.
Stay strong champ!
Hi Mac. Great to see you here. It’s been auwfully quite here since the USO.
Rafa just bagelled Isner in the 2nd set TB :p. Nothing like how he played the TB against Pouille, Isner simply had no chance. Just too good, confident Rafa.
More (rambling) on the match later. :p
Nice day there. 🙂
rainier,
There will be more reactions once the tournaments in sjanghai, paris and atf will start. These are the important tournaments not this one.
Rafa has always beaten Isner except for his match in the Laver cup.
But this is worth ranking points and Rafa is only too aware of it.
He seems to be in winning mode if his last two games are any indication so let’s hope he can keep it up.
But also please Rafa keep enough gas in the tank for Shanghai. !!
Good luck today Rafa , you can bring the giant down today as he hasn’t got team world cheering him on, unlike you who has the Beijing crowd on your side.
Vamos Rafa. God bless you. Your Aussie Nan Shirley.🐂🏆👑⛵️🎉🎉😀😊
All the best Rafa for your next game,
Love and prayers,
AlaineXXSydneyXXAustraliaXX
All the best of good luck champ Rafa, Cheers for now. 🙂 🙂 🙂
Rafa needs to serve strongly as he won’t have many opportunities to break Isner’s. Good luck champ!
Rafa, unlike Laver, this is for points so I hope you have a game plan to win against Isner. ROCKIN tennis to you.
RAFA ROCKS
Wherever you are, you make the difference, if you reach QF you´ll be The China-Champion this year as well. From The Canaries get please an enormous H U G . C. Javier
Wall the best Rafa and good luck too.vamosssssssssssssss champ all the way to the finals .🎾🏆🎾👍👍👍🇺🇸❤️🎾🎾🎾🎾❤️🇺🇸❤️🎾🎾🎾🎾🇺🇸❤️
All the best Rafa <3
Always tough playing against ‘high tower’. Let’s stop his momentum!