PARIS: Eight-time champion Rafael Nadal defeated compatriot David Ferrer as well as the Paris gloom to reach the French Open semi-finals on Wednesday.
The world number one recovered from dropping his first set of the tournament to record a 4-6, 6-4, 6-0, 6-1 win and set-up a clash with Britain’s Wimbledon champion Andy Murray who defeated Gael Monfils 6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 1-6, 6-0 for a place in the final.
The win took the 28-year-old Spaniard’s record in Paris to 64 victories and just one loss and extended his mastery over his 32-year-old Davis Cup teammate to 22 victories against just six defeats.
He did it in some style, reeling off 13 of the last 14 games before the sun set.
“When you play David on any surface, it’s always tough and he’s having a great season,” said Nadal of a man who beat him in Monte Carlo in April, one of three losses the top seed suffered on European clay this spring in a 10-year low.
“But I was more aggressive after the first set and maybe he did not have the best of matches as it went on.”
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