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I like what I saw yesterday – Roger and Rafa striding towards another great final 
. Let’s see if they can keep up the pace today as we enter the crunch stage of the tournament.
Roger Federer first – he seems to be really coming on strong this week, and he was all over Radek Stepanek, winning 6-4, 6-1. I am sure was expecting that he would be playing Gilles Simon today. But the Frenchman played badly indeed yesterday, with too many unforced errors, and was forced out by German qualifier, Mischa Zverev. Zverev has done very well to get this far, but I just don’t see him causing another upset – Fed in two, in just over an hour is my pick.
Mischa Zverev
Rafael Nadal was immense. He himself said afterwards that this was his one of his best matches on clay – and that’s saying something. Rafa was in awesome form, losing just the first game then following up with 12 in a row to crush Robin Soderling 6-1, 6-0. He will be really challenged though today against Fernando Verdasco – let’s see if Rafa’s famous pysche can change up a gear to a higher level of opposition. My pick is Rafa in two, but not without some very long tight games and a few breaks.
Schedule wise – the first match of the day will be Del Potro vs Djokovic (Update: won by Djokovic).
Federer then Nadal follow on thereafter against their respective opponents, so we’ll probably see Federer start around 3pm local, and Nadal at perhaps 5…let’s see how they all go.
Here are the best links we can find at NadalversusFederer.com. Will try and keep them updated and working – leave a quick comment (registration not required) if you have a problem or can suggest a better link:
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Update – Game over, Federer beat Zverev, 7-6, 6-2
Option 1: Roger Federer vs Mischa Zverev (English – *currently down*)
Option 2: Roger Federer vs Mischa Zverev (new – recommended – Spanish)
Option 3: Roger Federer vs Mischa Zverev
Option 4: Roger Federer vs Mischa Zverev (recommended – English – note below)
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Update: Game over, Nadal won 6-3, 6-3
Option 1: Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Verdasco (Spanish – recommended)
Option 2: Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Verdasco (NEW – English- recommended)
Option 3: Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Verdasco
Option 4*: Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Verdasco (English)
*Open in Internet Explorer. You will get a page in Chinese – wait – could take up to a minute, and when asked, agree to installing Add on from “Nanjing Naga Software”.
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Good luck!
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