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
Ugh… too bad someone had to lose. Brilliant match!! Brilliant RAFA! Brilliant Delpo! I’m ecstatic that Rafa won, but somehow sad that Delpo had to lose as well. Such a nice guy and great competitor.
But Rafa! Work to be done. Please dismantle Djoker and put that his ‘thingy’ to an end pretty please:):):)
Good night everyone!
Lol. Amen to that Mac
Thank goodness. Ive missed these 5 set rafa evening matches for the last 7 years. Phew. Can he beat Novak on grass? I hope so
Congrats everyone 💪💪💪
WE LOVE YOU SWEETHEART…..THE STRONGER PLAYER IS RIDING & GLIDING & VAMOS DEAR RAFA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) UMPIRE EARNED A FIVE DOLLAR PAY TODAY….
Those winners from Delpo… breathtaking stuff. He gets Rafa there every time! Stay strong champ, looks like you’re going to have to do the dirty work on your own serve!
GET IT DONE CHAMP!!!!! NO DRAMA!!
THE OLD MAN LOOKS RATHER TIRED…..TOP THE CLOSE UPS…..
What a monumental hold n what a way to do it ! Come on Raafaaaaa
Come on Rafa, come on England, my heart can’t take this stress
woo!! RAFA!! What a beautiful way to end that stubborn brilliant game!! Great stuff both!
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Omg
Isner beat milos!!
Ok football time
MAGICAL CORNER POINT SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
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GO RAFA GO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES SWEETHEART & YOU HAVE THE GOODS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE THE BETTER, STRONGER PLAYER…….KEEP GOING SWEETHEART…..YOU ARE PLAYING FANTASTIC BEAUTIFUL TENNIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) POINT BY POINT IS YOUR WAY : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : )
Edge of the seat tennus. Hold on Rafa. Delpo is still very dangerous!!
Oh no – Croatia have equalised. Cmon rafa we need some good news
WO…….W……WO……BRILLIANT SHARP CHEEKY RETURN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂
You’ve got this now Rafa, semi final here you come