The Croatian accesses second round after beating Jeremy Chardy Rafa noticed him in the past Conde de Godo RTVE.es double gives two tickets to the semifinals of the Davis The 1000 Montreal Masters, live on and RTVE.es Teledeporte
Rafa Nadal already know who their first touchstone in the 1000 Montreal Masters, as the Croatian Ivan Dodig prevailed over Frenchman Jeremy Chardy in the first round and will face the Spanish (and RTVE.es Teledeporte live).
It will be the second time that the faces look, since the first game between the two took place in the semifinals of the Conde de Godo this season, 500 Masters of Barcelona, with a clear 6-2 6-3 to Nadal.
Dodig realized Chardy 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the tournament. Croatian, born in Medjugorje (Bosnia), is a year older than Rafa, but professionally since 2004, three years later than Spanish.
Share with your manacorense preference for clay and he considers his 'drive' as their best weapon. Trained by Martin Stepanek, his dream is to emulate his compatriot Goran Ivanisevic.
But with 55 games in his entire career (30 wins) is still far from the more than 600 of Nadal, though they separated only 40 seats in the ATP rankings.
Dodig is in their best season since they won the domestic Zagreb tournament (Masters 250) and has reached the end of Hertogenbosch (Masters 250), which added to the semifinals of the Barcelona Open has given a good cushion of points.