World No. 1 Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic will be facing each other for the 52nd time in their careers when they meet in the semifinals of Wimbledon on Friday.
Date: July 13, 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.
The pair have faced each other 51 times with Djokovic edging the overall head to head 26-25. They last met at Wimbledon in the 2011 final, when Djokovic won in four sets, while Rafa triumphed in their last meeting at the Rome Masters in May.
Rafa on playing Nole:
There is no one other match in the history of tennis that has been played more than our match. That’s a big thing. We always played in important stages, important places.
It is always a big challenge facing Novak. He is one of the more complex players that I ever saw in our sport. It is always a big test. You know that you can’t win against him if you don’t play very well.
Nole:
I’m really not thinking about being an underdog or being a favourite.
I just try to build the momentum. Obviously I’ve been very pleased with the way I’ve played so far on the grass court season.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Ask Zverev what the difference is between rafa for the break and after the break
Rafa still can win the match but he really needs to serve better. This is the second time he squanderd set points in a tiebreak he did it also against del potro. Tiebreaks seems to make him nervous. Anything can happen today when i saw last night nadal walking of the court that fast I was thinking maybe he was happier that the match was suspended because although he won the second set and was close in the third set he probably was not happy. The break will give him time to recharge and talk with this team about the game strategy
I can not image nadal playing worse then yesterday. So I expect a player that is determined to reach the final and will be very sharp from the first untill the last point