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Rome Masters - Semi-finals - Men

Nationality Player Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5
SpainR Nadal66---
CHIF Gonzalez33---

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Fernando Gonzalez

Nationality CHI
Date of Birth 29/07/1980
Height 1.82 m
Weight 81 kg

Rafael Nadal

Nationality ESP
Date of Birth 03/06/1986
Height 1.85 m
Weight 85 kg
 

Live Comments

  1. 6-3 - There's the match for Nadal. He only needed the one match point as he finds another forehand winner to set up the final clash with world number three Novak Djokovic

  2. 40-0 - Gonzalez hits a forehand long and Nadal has THREE MATCH POINTS ...

  3. 5-3 - Gonzalez does well to hold to 15 and force Nadal to do the honourable thing and serve out the match

  4. 5-2 - Nadal is just one game away from the final now as he holds once again, when Gonzalez hits wide. The Chilean will serve to stay in it after the change of ends

  5. 4-2 - Gonzalez holds again to keep himself just alive in this match but Nadal has positively raced through his previous couple of service games and the Chilean will need to produce something against serve if he is to change the result of this match

  6. 4-1 - Nadal posts another easy service hold to leave himself just two games away from another final, and a re-match with Novak Djokovic, whom he beat in the Monte Carlo Masters final two weeks ago

  7. 3-1 - Nadal is simply all over Gonzalez now whipping a forehand passing shot down the line at full stretch to set up a chance at a second break ... but Gonzalez levels at deuce with a forehand winner of his own - this one an inside out cross court winner - before he goes on to hold with a forehand drop shot

  8. 3-0 - It is all Nadal now as he fires down his first ace of the day to hold to love and cement the break

  9. 2-0 - Gonzalez saves a break point firing a forehand down the line for Nadal to chase before putting a forehand volley in exactly the same place, behind the quickly departing Nadal! But THE SPANIARD BREAKS at the second opportunity when Gonzalez sends an inside out cross court forehand wide

  10. 1-0 - Nadal finds himself in a spot of bother on his serve once again at 0-30 down but Gonzalez dumps two attempted drop shots, one off the forehand and the other off the backhand side, to allow the Spaniard level back at 30-30 before he goes on to hold with an emphatic smash right down the centre of the court

  11. 6-3 - Nadal quickly earns himself two set points with another forehand winner ... Gonzalez saves the first by pouncing on a short ball and firing away a forehand winner across court. But he can do nothing about the second, hitting an off-balance backhand into the net and NADAL HAS THE FIRST SET!

  12. 5-3 - Another battling service game for Nadal but this time he holds to cement the break, going back behind the scampering Gonzalez with a forehand smash down the line. Gonzalez now will have to serve to stay in this opening set

  13. 4-3 - Not great from the Chilean as now he hits consecutive errors to concede his serve. It's not even like he can claim to have been worn out by his effort in the previous game as he only had to hit one winner!

  14. 3-3 - Consecutive errors from Nadal on the forehand followed by a backhand into the net and Gonzalez has three chances to break back ... THE CHILEAN DOES BREAK BACK with a bullet of a cross court, backhand return that flies away for the winner

  15. 3-2 - Nadal gets his first break point chance when Gonzalez runs around a backhand but misses his resulting forehand ... and THE SPANIARD DOES HAVE THE BREAK. Nadal races up to the net but doesn't have to play another shot as Gonzalez pushes his lob long of the baseline

  16. 2-2 - Nadal holds to love with a one-two punch, of a serve out wide followed by a forehand winner down the line back behind Gonzalez, on game point

  17. 1-2 - Gonzalez holds again to keep his nose in front. The Chilean's last meeting with Nadal was in the fourth round of the Australian Open earlier this year, when the world number one dismissed him 6-3 6-2 6-4

  18. 1-1 - Nadal also holds to 15 to get his account underway

  19. 0-1 - A solid first game from Gonzalez, who lands a forehand winner right on the line to hold to 15

  20. 0-0 - Right, then tennis fans. Gonzalez to get the clash underway ...

  21. 17:24 - Nadal and Gonzalez have face each other eight times before with three of those clashes coming on the clay. Of those three clay matches, Nadal has won ... three! And all in straight sets

  22. 17:21 - Hello and welcome to Eurosport Yahoo!s LIVE coverage from the second Rome Masters semi-final between Rafael Nadal and Fernando Gonzalez

ATP Standing 2009

Points
1 Roger Federer 10550 stay
2 Rafael Nadal 9205 stay
3 Novak Djokovic 8310 stay
4 Andrew Murray 7030 stay
5 Juan Martin Del Potro 6785 stay
6 Nikolay Davydenko 4930 stay
7 Andy Roddick 4410 stay
8 Robin Soderling 3410 up
9 Fernando Verdasco 3300 stay
10 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 2875 up

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  1. Murray did not have as many points to defend from Rome,­ and his second-round ouster actually duplicated last­ year's result, when eventual runner-up Stanislas­ Wawrinka knocked the Scotsman out in the second­ round...

    From Zach, on Sat 2 May 4:48PM

  2. Ok , thanks Bigalke... Vamos Rafa!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    From koldo.otxoa, on Sat 2 May 4:45PM

  3. In answer to Koldo comment - the reason while Djoko­ whill lose number 3 if he doesn't win final is that­ he won this event last year and would lose big points­ whereas Andy Murray also lost in 2nd round last year­ and will not loose any points . Hope that explains it

    From nickconstant, on Sat 2 May 4:44PM

  4. come on RRAAFFAA u can do it RAFA RAFA RAFA

    From doreen.atkin0, on Sat 2 May 4:43PM

  5. koldo.otxoa,

    In response to your question, the ATP­ points system works on a year-to-year accrual basis.­ Once a tournament is played, its results replace the­ points from last season's tournament. So, since­ Djokovic won this tournament last year, he has to­ replicate his results to protect his points... because­ the winning points from last year will drop off his­ tally once Rome is complete.

    From Zach, on Sat 2 May 4:40PM

  6. Nedal is going to win

    From Daniel, on Sat 2 May 4:37PM

  7. VAMOS RAFA!!!!

    ^____________^

    From Jejung, on Sat 2 May 4:36PM

  8. Nadal is the best on clay!
    C'Mon Rafa!
    Does anybody­ know when Sharapova is making her comeback?
    I miss­ her..

    From Pieter D, on Sat 2 May 4:35PM

  9. where is Murray??????????

    From imre, on Sat 2 May 4:32PM

  10. Can somebody explain me why does djokovic need to win­ the rome masters in order for him to maintain his 3rd­ position? Shouldn't murray lose points for not­ reaching the 3rd round?

    From koldo.otxoa, on Sat 2 May 4:31PM

  11. Come on RAFAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
    I HOPE U'LL WIN OVER­ GONZALEZ AND I KNOW U WILL BEAT NOLE TOMORROW AND U­ WILL WIN THE ROME­ MASTERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­ !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    From Emiliya, on Sat 2 May 4:30PM
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