Rafa Nadal qualified for the semi-finals in Beijing (China) to remove the track to Marat Safin
Rafa Nadal qualified for the semi-finals in Beijing (China) to remove the track to Marat Safin, before which only yielded four games. The Manacor will next face the blue carpet of the Chinese capital to Marin Cilic.
Rafael Nadal beat Russian Marat Safin (WC) for a 6-3 aggregate score of 6-1 after an hour and seventeen minutes. The game started in the best possible way to Rafah, with a break in the second game of the match, the first at rest, which enabled the world No. 2 hold the reins of the party. Nadal continues to improve its service and ample proof of this is that during this first part, beyond the three options to break Safin failed to convert, played only eight points with his second serve, winning five.
The second act began with a service game to Safin, the only Russian would get across the second race, where only Rafa gave up seven points with the serve and made effective three of the four options from which ordered break. On the fast track, the Spaniard goes into semi-finals, where you'll Croatian Marin Cilic (8), who beat Russian Nikolay Davydenko by a score of 6-4 and 6-4. Nadal and giant Zagreb (198 centimeters tall) have never seen the faces on the ATP Tour. The Balkans, the world number 15, has won this year titles in Chennai and Zagreb.
Nadal is still improving, the machinery is gradually finding carburetion. The problems, or change in routine with the service there, but Rafa has already said he is "playing better and better and is happy with his result on Chinese soil. The objective is to find the set-up that allows you to be able at the highlights that are left to play, see Shanghai Masters 1000, Masters 1000 of Paris, Masters Cup in London and if it is appropriate to Albert Costa, the Davis Cup final.