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
WI……….WI……….WI……… THAT’S A LOVELY 40 ; 0 BREAKOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) LETS GO RAFA LETS GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) ; ) ; ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) HAVE FUN SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU HAVE IT ALL…..ENJOY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Cmon Rafa – a double break will sort this set
Yay 😁
You won’t get a chance like this again Rafa, Roger’s gone and Novak is getting back to his best , don’t let this slip through your hands.
GO RAFA GO! : )
rafa will be devasted if he loses this match. Use the forehand down the line rafa dont play predicable
Delpo will be out of gas if Rafa wins this set! Vamos Rafa💪💪💪u can do it
Can’t rely on Delpo running out of gas as he often look spent then gets a second wind.
England’s scored a goal in the first 5 mins, get the vibe Rafa come on, the only result that really matters to me tonight is you
Please please God don’t spoil such a great day for us!
Just turned to tbe football and saw england score!!! Haha – good timing. Now you bring it home Rafa
Im just thinking back to the 2nd set when he had set point in the tie break. What a shame
Unusual to see Rafa getting so annoyed like that, looking at his box. Why isn’t Carlos Moya there?
Oh no! I don’t believe what i’m seeing. Delpo is digging his heels in and hitting big and hard. Rafa has a lot to do to get himself out of this hole!
VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) KEEP GOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU HAVE THE GOODS AND YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) ENJOY EVERYTHING SWEETHEART AND KEEP PLAYING THE WAY THE WAY YOU ARE……BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) THE MATCH SEEMS SLOW…THAT SUITS LEGGY SLOW PLAYER……SO PICK UP SPEED SWEETHEART AND TAKE HIM SIDE TO SIDE AND MIXING…………..GO RAFA GO XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Rafa this year you have been playing brilliantly at Wimbledon, take advantage of Roger’s exit and now get and win the next two sets , you have some work to do but you are Rafa Nadal and there’s nothing you can’t achieve when you put your mind to it.
Oh come on! Get a grip Rafa!
Next set champ you better come out swinging and put all sorts of doubts in Delpo’s head. You can do it RAFA!!
Oh maaan😭. I double fault n it resulted in this ! Rafa keep believing.
Ok switching to soccer for a breather!
I’m with you Rafa, hope there’s not two bad results tonight
Keep us informed of the score wont you. Im sticking with Rafa
Stop playing to Delpo’s forehand!
Oh no