Eleven-time champion Rafael Nadal looks to book a place in the semifinals of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters for the 14th time as he faces fellow lefty Guido Pella on Thursday. Our champ won both previous matches against the unseeded Argentine.
Date: April 19, 2019
Match time: Around 3 PM local time / 9 AM EDT – New York, Montreal / 2 PM BST – United Kingdom / 3 PM CEST – Spain, France, Germany, Italy / 11 PM AEST – Melbourne. To convert to your local time, use this website.
Rafa on playing Guido Pella:
Guido’s playing great. He had some great victories here and he will be with big confidence.
So I hope to be ready to keep playing well. I know it’s going to be a tough one but I’m in the quarter-finals and that’s great news after the injury.
Pella:
He’s one of the legends of tennis. He’s a very special player and to play against him in any tournament is a very special feeling. But I think here in Monte-Carlo, centre court is going to be an amazing atmosphere. Of course the crowd is going to be behind him because he’s the favourite.
Rafa dropped seven games in his first two matches and is on a 17-match winning streak on Court Rainier III. Our champ enters quarter-final match with a 70-4 tournament record.
GOOD LUCK & VAMOS RAFA!
Source: ATP Tour
I have to recuperate from this first set. Even though I know Rafa’s ability to surge ahead after leading me to believe a set is lost, what a scare..
RAFAMAZING
Good luck Rafa. 12 is looking EXCELLENT.
RAFA ROCKS
Djokovic is OUT. Lost to Medvedev. I hope he keeps ranting and raving which are good signs of him becoming unhinged.
RAFA ROCKS
Go man go you are the KING 👑
So we will see you holding up that trophy Very soon ❤️🙉👌👀🎾
VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR FEISTY GORGEOUS VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WI…….WI…….WI…….. IT WAS A GREAT MATCH AND YOU ARE MAGNIFICENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOUR TOUCH AND REACH AND YOUR PRECIOUS EFFECTIVE SERVE, AND YOUR SHARP AGGRESSIVE BH AND FH AWESOME RETURNS, AND YOUR SPECTACULAR MAGICAL NET BRILLIANCE ARE ALL POWERFUL AND BEAUTIFUL AND SOLID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VERY HAPPY FOR YOU SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) LOVE WATCHING YOU PLAY DEAR RAFA, YOU BRING SO MUCH FUN TO TENNIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) LOVE YOUR LIGHT TURQUOISE /ORANGE TOP WITH THE WHITE SHORTS COMBINATION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU LOOK SO ATTRACTIVE…..THOSE ARMS…… AND THOSE POWERFUL LEGS……JUST GORGEOUS AND HANDSOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS SWEETHEART AND ENJOY EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) KEEP SMILING AND KNOW WE ALL LOVE YOU SO MUCH AND VERY HAPPY FOR YOUR BRILLIANT FITNESS AND PASSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) IT WAS GREAT TO SEE YOUR CREATIVE WAYS OF MOVING THE MATCH FORWARD UNDER YOUR COMMAND AND STRIDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) CI……..CI……..CI…….. AND YOU DO ALL OF THAT WITH SUCH GRACE AND ENORMOUS POWER AND SO MUCH SPORTSMANSHIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) LOVE YOUR ADORABLE FOCUSED EXPRESSION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE SO INCREDIBLY DEDICATED TO EVERY SINGLE POINT, AND YOU PLAY WITH SUCH OUTSTANDING SKILL AND COURT INTEGRITY………YOU ARE THE COMPLETE PACKAGE RAFA NADAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) CLASSY CHAMP WITH BEAUTIFUL TENNIS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL TO WITNESS YOUR MAGIC ON EACH POINT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) THE BEST PART IS THAT THERE IS NO PRESSURE AND NOTHING TO PROVE…….YOU SIMPLY MANAGE TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN AND YOUR LOVE FOR TENNIS IS SO EVIDENT AND PRESENT IN EACH MATCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS SWEETHEART AND HAVE FUN WITH EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) HAVE A BEAUTIFUL TIME ENJOYING YOUR VICTORIES WITH UNCLE TONI AND EVERYBODY AND HAVE A GREAT DAY TOMORROW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) IT WILL BE A GREAT MATCH FOR YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WE LOVE YOU AND SENDING LOTS OF LOVE AND HAPPINESS AND VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Good luckRafa you can do it vamossssssssss all the way ,we love you 😍 the best you can do it you are the king of clay 😘😘😘💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️🎾🎾🎾😘😘😘💪💪💪❤️❤️❤️🎾🎾🎾😘❤️
Camps Rafa! All the Best for match against Pella….
Nice match against Domitrov . I think Guido is a very good clay court player nut certainly not anywhere close to Rafa . This should be s straight set victory . I would like to see Rafa getting tje 1st serve percentage onto the mid 70’s to ensure this title !
Good luck for tomorrow. Go for it! Vamos Rafa <3