Rafa Nadal takes on Andy Murray for a place in Roland Garros final
Friday, June 6, 2014 @ 9:52 AM
Spain's Rafael Nadal, World No. 1, lost his first set of the the 2014 Roland Garros tournament to his friend and compatriot David Ferrer, but made it safely through to the semi-finals, where he will face Britain's Andy Murray, who beat local favourite Gael Monfils in a topsy turvy five-setter.
The Nadal-Murray clash will be a remake of the 2011 semi-final, the furthest the Brit has ever gone on the red clay of Roland Garros, the only Grand Slam where he hasn't reached a final.
Nadal cut short his progress in 2011, on his way to lifting his sixth Coupe des Mousquetaires. But much has happened since then in the life of the 27-year-old World No. 8 from Dunblane, Scotland. He has won two Grand Slam titles (the 2012 US Open and Wimbledon in 2013) and an Olympic gold medal.
His clay court game has also progressesd and he pushed Nadal hard in the quarter-finals of the Rome Masters 1000 a couple of weeks ago.
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