Ljubicic, who had requested time to be treated by physiotherapists in the tournament, decided to retreat to begin the third set for a muscle discomfort
Rafael Nadal got into the semi-finals in Shanghai after Ivan Ljubicic's withdrawal through injury. The Balkan tennis started the game very well and took the first set of the same. However, the increased intensity of Manacor and took the second round of these quarter-finals. When I went to start the third and final set, Ljubicic withdraw from the match decided by a muscle problem in his left leg.
The first set was a nightmare for Nadal. The tennis player from Manacor not find its place in the track and was devoted to smooth Ljubicic morale based Spanish aces. In the third game of the first set the Balkan tennis would deliver a serious blow to Nadal. Ljubicic stunned the world number two broke his serve. Nadal could not come back and let out the first set 3-6.
However, things would be very different in the second set. Nadal, who came to be stage of the game with the moral injury, awakened from their slumber and began to deploy the tennis that we all know. In the second set Rafael Nadal managed to salvage a 0-40 side and base of strength and endurance went on round the light. That was the turning point of the game for Rafa and thereafter its level was in increase. With the 2-1 of the second set, the Manacor banged on the Shanghai track and broke his opponent's serve. With his signature call hinted that he would not let go of the match.
Ljubicic failed in the third set with the second set of these quarter-finals already in his pocket, Rafa Nadal tried to keep up the good level of tennis ... but could not. Ljubicic, who had requested time to be treated by physiotherapists in the tournament, decided retreat to begin the third set by some muscular problems. The game ended in a 3-6, 6-3 in the light.
Nadal will now face her compatriot Feliciano Lopez, who qualified for the semifinals of the 1000 Shanghai Masters in straight sets to overcome Sweden's Robin Soderling 7-6 6-3.