Barcelona Open, Barcelona, Spain, ATP 500

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Results from Barcelona: Last 16

Rafael Nadal DEFEATS Albert Montanes 6/2 6/2
Kei Nishikori DEFEATS Jeremy Chardy 6/3 7/5
Benoit Paire DEFEATS Pablo Cuevas 6/2 6/4
Philipp Kohlschreiber DEFEATS Feliciano Lopez 6/7(5) 7/5 6/3
Fabio Fognini DEFEATS Viktor Troicki 6/3 6/2
Alexandr Dolgopolov DEFEATS Karen Khachanov 6/4 7/5
Andrey Kuznetsov DEFEATS Radek Stepanek 6/2 6/4
Malek Jaziri DEFEATS Alexander Zverev 7/6(5) 6/4

 

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[Moxie]

QFs are set:

Paire v. Jaziri
Dogopolov v. Nishikori
Nadal v. Fognini
Kuznetsov v. Kohlscreiber

Match of the day is Rafa v. F3...The Grudge. Though I think Rafa's going to put him away handily. I think the others could turn out to be the more interesting matches.

 

[Billie]

Look at Jaziri, great result for him. Nice mix of veterans and younger guys. Maybe I get lucky and see a bit of F3 and Nadal before leaving for work.

 

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Jaziri is giving Paire a tough match. Into a decider.

 

[herios]

Benoit Paire through in 3 sets.

 

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Rafa holds off a Fog fightback to join him.

Nadal bts Fog 6/2 7/6

 

[Moxie]

Good win for Rafa today. F3 was trying to force a 3rd, but Rafa got the break back and pushed hard to close the deal. Another good sign. Fabio got under his skin last year. He has tools to bother Nadal, obviously. He was spraying the errors by the end. He got it to the TB after Rafa broke back, but he played a terrible one. But Rafa will be putting this one in the confidence bank, for sure.

 

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Quarter Final Round Up

(1) Rafael Nadal bt (12) Fabio Fognini 6/2 7/6(1)
(2) Kei Nishikori bt (11) Alexandr Dolgopolov 7/5 6/0
(6) Benoit Paire bt Malek Jaziri 3/6 7/5 6/1
(10) Philipp Kohlschreiber bt (16) Andrey Kuznetsov 6/3 6/1

 

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(2) Kei Nishikori bt (11) Alexandr Dolgopolov 7/5 6/0

 

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Barcelona Friday Highlights:

 

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Barcelona Semi Final

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(1) Rafael Nadal v (10) Philipp Kohlschreiber

H2H: Nadal leads 12-1

2013 Beijing R16 Hard Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 7-6(3)
2013 US Open R16 Hard Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-7 6-4 6-3 6-1
2013 Monte Carlo Masters R16 Clay Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-4
2012 Halle QF Grass Philipp Kohlschreiber Rafael Nadal 6-3 6-4
2012 Doha R32 Hard Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-7(2) 6-3
2010 Canadian Masters QF Hard Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 3-6 6-3 6-4
2010 Rome Masters R32 Clay Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-1 6-3
2010 Australian Open R32 Hard Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-4 6-2 2-6 7-5
2009 Madrid Masters R16 Clay Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber WO
2008 Dubai R32 Hard Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 3-6 6-1 6-4
2007 Stuttgart Outdoor R16 Clay Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-3
2007 Monte Carlo Masters QF Clay Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-2 6-3
2007 Australian Open R64 Hard Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5 6-3 4-6 6-2
2002 Spain F15 Futures QF Clay Rafael Nadal Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 6-7(5) 6-2

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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Barcelona Semi Final

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(2) Kei Nishikori v (6) Benoit Paire

H2H: Tied at 2-2

2015 Tokyo SF Hard Benoit Paire Kei Nishikori 1-6 6-4 6-2
2015 US Open R128 Hard Benoit Paire Kei Nishikori 6-4 3-6 4-6 7-6(6) 6-4
2013 French Open - Roland Garros R32 Clay Kei Nishikori Benoit Paire 6-3 6-7 6-4 6-1
2012 Paris Masters R32 Hard Kei Nishikori Benoit Paire 7-6(2) 6-2

Src: http://www.stevegtennis.com/
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[Moxie]

SFs are Paire v. Nishikori and Kohly v. Nadal. Nishikori and Paire are 2-2, with Paire winning the last 2, both last year, and Nishikori the only clay one. (RG 2013). Nadal will probably be fine getting past Kohlscrieber, and I do think the final will be Spain v. Japan, but Paire might have something to say about it. Nishikori is th e champion of the last 2 years in Barcelona.

 

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SFs are Paire v. Nishikori and Kohly v. Nadal. Nishikori and Paire are 2-2, with Paire winning the last 2, both last year, and Nishikori the only clay one. (RG 2013). Nadal will probably be fine getting past Kohlscrieber, and I do think the final will be Spain v. Japan, but Paire might have something to say about it. Nishikori is th e champion of the last 2 years in Barcelona.

Agree with the predictions... Paire might be the only one to throw a spanner in the works. He's beaten Kei on the last two occasions albeit on hard courts, but also pushed him on clay in the past.

 

[Moxie]

I'm watching the first set and a half of Nadal v. Fognini, which I missed earlier. Has anyone else noticed Fabio's gut? People were calling Stan out for chubby, but this is a little shocking, and rather less than "fabulous."

 

[JesuslookslikeBorg]

the fog has been eating too much cake during his injury layoff I suppose. rafa zooms into the semi's.

 

[Moxie]

Both Nishikori and Nadal looked good today. Should be a very nice final.