World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and Juan Martin del Potro will be facing each other for the 16th time in their careers when they meet in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon on Wednesday.
Date: July 11, 2018
Match time: Rafa is second match on Center Court. Around 3 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 Delpo 10-5 in head-to-head meetings with our champ having thumped the 29-year-old in the French Open semi-finals last month.
Rafa on playing Delpo:
It will be a different match [from the one] that we played in Paris a few weeks ago. I will try to hold my service games most of the time. If I want to beat [Nadal], I have to come to the net very often and play hard with my forehands, with my backhands, and try to take all the chances.
Rafa leads the ATP Race To London for a spot at the ATP Finals.
Our champ has a 34-2 match record on the year, which includes historic 11th titles at the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters (d. Nishikori), the Barcelona Open (d. Tsitsipas) and at Roland Garros (d. Thiem). He also lifted his eighth Internazionali BNL d’Italia crown (d. Zverev).
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP World Tour
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I’m struggling watching Novak and Roger’s matches – same old same old!! However Nishikori has broken Novak in the 2nd set so that’s something. Patiently waiting for Rafa’s match which is the pick of the day apparently and Andy will be commentating which will be nice. Cmon Rafa please get to the semis – all of us are backing you!! I do like delpo – whenever he’s not playing Rafa that is.
Me too Susie. Glad they switched Roger’s match to Court no.1 as Kevin looks out of his depth and needs to come to the net more – wish Roger had a real challenge. Novak’s match is closer and more exciting. Bring on King Rafa!
Good luck against Del Potro today Rafa. Please do not spend too much time dispatching DelPo.
Anyhow, I shall plant myself in front of a TV and give you my fullest emotional support! Get it done champ!!!
Good luck Rafa , it will be a hard match today but I’m certain it will be you booking your place in the semi finals and then hopefully the finals on Sunday along with the England team😀
Rafa, you need to be firing on all cylinders today and you can’t afford any slip ups! Delpo said that his plan is to serve well and come to the net, so get the big man running and deny him of his forehand. Good luck champ! You’ll do it!
Vamos Rafa..All the Best for Today’s match against Del Potro, Health, Stamina and Performance wise
Best of luck against deplo. Vamos
Rafa all the best for today against Juan.
Love and prayers,
AlaineXXSydneyXXAustraliaXX
Rafa I wish you a good luck tomorrow is going to be a great day,all the best your fans for ever wining or losing we are with you .🎾🎾🎾❤️❤️❤️😙🎾🎾❤️❤️❤️🎾🎾🎾❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️🎾🎾🎾❤️❤️🎂🎾🎾😙❤️❤️
Margo, Rafa lost in Queens in 2007. He won in 2008
Hi HR, Sorry if my comment was ambiguous. I did not mean Rafa won the tournaments. He won in the tournaments where he and del Potro played on grass. This was a H2H on-grass comparison between the two. Hopefully the change to “match” will erase any ambiguity for others. Thanks for your comment.
Best of luck champ 🤗🍀☀️
VAMOS RAFA! 🎾💪🏼😘
Dear Rafa…King of Tennis in my book.
Wishing you a great triumph in your match tomorrow against Juan Martin del Potro. I know you will do your very best .
Good Luck from Ireland .🇮🇪🇮🇪 💚❤
Vamos Rafa🇪🇸🇪🇸 💚❤
All the best for tomorrow. Vamos Rafa <3
This new group of people managing RNF is not up to the standards of the previous group and that’s why I hardly ever read their posts.
The interns at work!
NEW OR NOT, THEY ARE DOING A GREAT JOB ! : ) THANK YOU!
You are obviously an attention seeker. Your spamming has gotten progressively worse as time goes by. Try to acquaint yourself with blog etiquette.
As previously said, who at this site is writing the text? They are just careless and sloppy.
The quote, supposedly by Rafa, makes no sense. You are supposed to be an authoritative source for Rafa fans, but in the post re De Minaur you got both the day and the score wrong.
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And of course, sneaky Fed somehow has a MUCH easier opponent than Rafa. He has had a piece of cake all the way so far.. Wimbledon favors the Swiss over the warrior Spaniard. DelPo is playing great right now. I hope Rafael is his most brilliant self tomorrow.. .
Trisha, I’ve been saying that about RF’s “luck” for years. The luck he has had all during his career is incredible, but he is arrogant enough to think it’s just due to his skill, you never hear him say how lucky he’s been, with draws, scheduling, being practically injury free etc.
TRUST , IN THE LONG RUN RF IS NOT GOING TO ENJOY HIS “SO CALLED LUCK”…. AS IT IS NOT LUCK OR FORTUNATE SUCCESS HE HAS HAD ……RATHER , I TEND TO THINK HIS RIDE HAS BEEN A WELL CALCULATED AND UNFORTUNATE FAVORITISM THAT HE HAS BEEN GRANTED ALL ALONG HIS CAREER, IN ESSENCE, RIDICULOUSLY ABSURD WHEN IT COMES TO COMPETITIVE SPORTS……SO IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, HE WILL NOT HAVE THE PEACEFUL PLEASURE OF LOOKING BACK WITH EARNED PRIDE.
THE OTHER POINT IS SOMEONE A FEW DAYS BACK HAS POINTED OUT HERE REGARDING RF ANGER DURING PAST YEARS…… WELL IF YOU WATCH HIS RECENT MATCHES, EACH TIME HE STEPS ON THE COURT, HE APPEARS TO BE SO MISERABLY UNHAPPY AND TENSE BEYOND REASON WEATHER HE WINS OR LOOSES A POINT………..SO NOTHING HAS CHANGED ….. HE APPEARS TO BE A TENSE AND PREOCCUPIED LOOKING PLAYER. THE IRONY IS THAT BEING PLACED ON AN ARTIFICIAL ADVANTAGE HAS ITS ARTIFICIAL CONSEQUENCES ALONG THE WAY…………OLDER FOLKS HAVE MENTIONED THAT RF SPORTSMANSHIP HAS BEEN LACKING ALL ALONG WITH HIS INABILITY TO WITHSTAND A LOSE IN A SPORTSMAN LIKE FASHION. AS AN AVID TENNIS FAN, I HAVE RESPECT AND ADMIRATION FOR THE TOP PLAYERS WHO CAN BRING CLASSY SPORTSMANSHIP AND PRIDE TO THE SPORT. I LIKE HIS PARENTS BEHAVIOR ON THE COURT….THEY SEEM REALLY NICE AND KIND FOLKS. I REMEMBER HOW GENUINELY HAPPY HIS DAD WAS IN SHARING THE JOY WITH RAFA’S FAMILY, WHEN RAFA TOOK HIM TO THE CLEANERS THAT FIRST WIMBLEDON! : )
Suerte mi Rafa querido tu eres un verdadero campeon. VAMOS RAFA
Is that quote Rafa speaking about DelPo or vice versa? He can’t be talking about playing against himself!
Very pleased to hear Rafa will be on Centre Court again and also glad the match isn’t scheduled after Isner and Raonic, because they’re probably going to be out there for hours and hours.
Best of luck to our champ for tomorrow. You can do this Rafa, Vamos!!!
According to a SkySports article, it is a del Potro quote after his win over Simon.
Thanks Margo – it didn’t sound like something Rafa would say. He’ll be trying to hold his service games ALL of the time!
You’ve got that right. The attribution made no sense whatsoever.
RAFA HAS PUT FEAR IN THE HEARTS OF ALL REMAINING ATP PLAYERS
I believe in him (always) !!!
Vamos ❤️
Rafa won in the two tournaments where he and JMDP have met on grass; 2007 at Queens R3 [6-4. 6-4], 2011 at Wimbledon R4 [7-6(6), 3-6, 7(6)-4, 6-4]. There is no reason to believe that Rafa won’t win this match. Rafa for the win.
RAFA ROCKS
CORRECTION: Should be “the two matches” and not “the two tournaments”
We have arrived to the clay courts of Wimbledon baby! We all know who the king of clay is. Time for Rafa to take back the Crown he took away from the defending champion as he did 10 years ago! VAMOS!!!!