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
Oh dear😟
Come on Rafa , you need to pull out something extra if you don’t want to go the Same way as Roger .
VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE PLAYING BEAUTIFULLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE EXCELLENT IN TIE BREAK AND THIS IS NO BIG………ENJOY THE NEXT SET AND YOUR PRECIOUS ENDURANCE AND KEEP GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
BY THE WAY, IT THINK THE UMPIRE OUGHT TO BE PAID LESS FOR EACH TIME HE DOES NOT CALL OUT THE RIGHT BALL…… EACH TIME HE MISSES WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIM…….PLAYERS HAVE TO PLAY AND NOT CONCERN THEMSELVES WITH SO MANY MISSED BALLS…….
Oh no! Rafa let the set points slip through his hands. Come on turn on the heat!
1 set all. Sloppy play from Rafa to lose his mini break. Anyhow, Delpo is certainly no pushover! A 3 set match now Rafa, get it done!!!
PS bye bye Roger:) Well done Kevin Anderson!
RAFA PLAYED GREAT…..SUCH HAPPENS…..NO BIG DEAL AND NO REASON TO CRITICIZE RAFA’S SOLID PLAYING…….LETS ADD HERE THE UMPIRE NOT CALLING OUT BALLS OR MISS CALLING FOR IN BALLS DOES NOT HELP THE PLAYERS……
Bugger. Cmon Rafa – you can do this.
NO BIG DEAL…….IT IS OK SWEETHEART…….KEEP GOING……!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
VAMOS SWEETHEART FOR CHALLENGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) GO RAFA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
YOU SO GOOD AT TIE BREAK SWEETHEART…….LETS GO RAFA LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
HERO RAFA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WE LOVE YOU SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE PLAYING MAGNIFICENTLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
They call him a magician of the court, but not even Fed could pull a rabbit out of a hat this time. Go Rafa!
Come on Rafa, reset yourself we have lost Roger today we are not losing you, this is your year 😄
UMPIRE IS ANNOYING WITH HIS LACK OF CALLS……THANKFULLY YOU HAVE GOOD EYES SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) KEEP GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Can someone correct me if i’m wrong please. Am i right in saying that Roger has failed to defend any title he won last year apart from the AO? Whereas Rafa has defended everything
IT IS BECAUSE HE GETS TO FINALS BY MAJOR MANIPULATIVE ARTIFICIAL MEANS…..: )
Yayyy Kevin! The 🐐 is out😂😂😂
WTF Nadal ? He looses too much opportunities 🙁
yes thank you so much kevin rafa and we owe you a great amount of gratitude. Come on Rafa the only one standing in your way is del potro and djokovic. This is your ultimate chance to win wimbeldon again and bring it back to 2. You are my hero Kevin for now
When Rafa defeated Kevin in USO, fed fans claimed how uncompetitive it was… now they will realize the truth!
SEEMS LIKE ANDERSON IS EARNING HIS VICTORIES FAIR AND SQUARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) GREAT PLAYER AND A NICE MODEST COMPETITOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
Kevin Anderson you’re my hero( for now)
COME ON RAFA