French Open 2018: Nadal, Halep to play for semi-final match
French Open 2018: Nadal, Halep to play for semi-final match
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Paris [France], June 6 (NT): World number one Rafael Nadal will face Diego Schwartzman in the quarter-finals of the men's singles event here on Wednesday.

In his quest for record 11th French Open title The Spanish tennis maestro heading into the clash on the back of an easy straight sets win over Maximilian Marterer, beating the German 6-3, 6-2, 7-6 to reach the last-eight of Roland Garros for the 12th time.

On the other hand, Schwartzman rebounded strongly from two-set down to defeat Kevin Anderson of South Africa 1-6, 2-6, 7-5, 7-6, 6-2 in nearly four hours to get into the quarter-finals for the second time in the last three Grand Slam tournaments that 25-year-old Schwartzman has made the quarter-finals.

Nadal and Schwartzman have faced each other five times earlier with the Spaniard clinching all of those matches and dropping just one set in the process during the fourth round at this year's Australian Open.

Elsewhere, top-seed Simona Halep will also look to book her place in the semi-finals of the women's singles event when she faces 12th seed Angelique Kerber of Germany in the quarter-final clash later today.

While Halep thrashed Belgium's Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-1 in her round-of-16, Kerber also eased past seventh-seed Caroline Garcia of France 6-1, 6-3 to squall into the quarter-finals. (NT)

 

 

 

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