WIN ROOM AFTER THE BARRIER TO OVERCOME NIEMINEN AND HOPES IN SEMIS RIVAL

Rafa Nadal showed once again that its development remains and that his game improved with the passage of days. On the morning of Tuesday, Manacor achieved its move to the semifinals of the Australian Open, after disposing of Finnish Jarkko Nieminen, surpassing his best result in Melbourne harvested last year. Nadal, who so far is the sole representative of the Navy in the semi-finals tomorrow could join Ferrer, waiting for his opponent, who will leave the duel between Gallo Jo-Wilfred Tsonga and Russian Mikhail Youzhny.

Rafa Nadal, the second head series, and met the forecasts doblegó the Finnish Jarkko Nieminen, Twenty-fourth favourite for a marker comprehensive 7-5, 6-3 and 6-1 in two hours and twenty minutes. With this victory, the Manacor exceeds the barrier reached the quarterfinals last year and expects rival in the semi-finals. The party began as the script was written prior, ie with both players very involved in the match and focused on his serve. Nadal and Nieminen not failed with the first service, and although they descended rates effective with the second, held the games in the service without any problem. The first pass was struggling Rafah, he had to save his first ball break in the eighth game and two balls set against in the tenth. He did and gave wings to the eleventh which forced him off the machine, the break out of the Finnish and take the first set with a partial 7-5.

In the second match, Rafa felt much more comfortable to be ahead in the light and not forced errors before, became hits winners. The scoreboard showed that seen on the track and Rafa was 4-1 with an early service in its favour. After a timid reaction Nieminen, Rafa again tighten the grip and had no little difficulty in overcoming his opponent when he attempted to annihilate the Spanish game on the network. However, Rafa closed the second match to rest, with a new blank break, which would be a part of the second 6-3. The start of the third set was more disputed by reflecting the light. Although Rafa went off with the first 3-0 in their favour had to save up to three balls break, good mind that Nieminen was not for the work of throwing in the towel. But when Rafa is wise, as today, there are those who will not stop. It diminished a game blank, but continued doing damage to the extent that closed the set and the match with a final partial 6-1. A splendid victory of Manacor, which moves on to the next phase without having wasted even one minute's work.

The rival Rafah in the semifinals will duel between Gallo Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (with whom he has a balance of parties in favour of the Spanish 1-0), one of the revelations of the tournament, and Russian Mikhail Youzhny, head of the fourteenth series (which has a balance of parties in favour of the Spanish 6-4).