UPDATE – Result - Rafael Nadal beat Radek Stepanek 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
Rafael Nadal and Radek Stepanek have played four times before, all of those matches being back in 2004 and 2005 when Nadal was just starting his incredible career. All four matches were won by the Mallorcan.
The 32 year old Stepanek showed great resistance and courage in coming from behind to beat Ivan Ljubicic yesterday though (0-6, 7-5, 6-4), and should not be underestimated.
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Queens – Aegon Championship – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Rafael Nadal vs Radek Stepanek, Thursday, third match of the day, probably after 3pm (2pm GMT)
UPDATE – Rafael Nadal beat Kei Nishikori 6-4, 6-4 and Roger Federer beat Radek Stepanek 6-3, 6-3
Roger Federer will play veteran Radek Stepanek- a player who beat him the first time they played, back in … 2002! Now the head to head is firmly in Roger’s favour (10-2) and the Swiss should cruise through.
Rafael Nadal has beaten Kei Nishikori in their only two previous encounters.
This match comes soon after a benefit football match that Nishikori organised, which many of the top ATP players (including Nadal and Federer) joined in to raise money for earthquake relief in Japan.
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Miami – Sony Ericsson Open – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Roger Federer vs Radek Stepanek, Saturday, not before 1pm local time (5m GMT)
Rafael Nadal vs Kei Nishikori, Saturday 8pm local time (midnight GMT)
Option 1 – Miami Masters Series Tennis – Live TV
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Rafael Nadal’s first match will be on Saturday, March 26 (Session 10) at 8:00 p.m against either Kei Nishikori. Roger Federer will also start on Saturday, against Radek Stepanek.
Rafa and Roger will have to overcome the following theoretical (if goes according to seed) opponents before meeting in the semifinal:
Rafael Nadal:
Kei Nishikori, Juan Ignacio Chela, Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Tomas Berdych -> Roger Federer
Roger Federer:
Radek Stepanek, Juan Monaco, Michael Youzhny, Andy Roddick -> Rafael Nadal
The new world No. 2, Novak Djokovic is seeded to be the other finalist.
Having safely overcome Frenchman Richard Gasquet (6-4, 6-4), Roger Federer will face a familiar opponent in Radek Stepanek in the third round on Thursday.
With a 9-2 head to head in his favour, Federer will go into the match with his victory over the quarterfinals of Basel last week very fresh in his memory (6-3, 6-2). Stepanek will have to pull out something very special to have a chance against the Swiss champion if is to have any chance of scoring an upset.
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BNP Paribas Paris – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Roger Federer vs Radek Stepanek, UPDATE: Match over, Federer won 6-4, 6-3
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UPDATE: Match over – Federer won 6-3, 6-4 and will be back in action again in Friday’s quarterfinal, playng the winner of the match between Radek Stepanek and Santiago Giraldo.
Roger Federer beat Janko Tipsarevic on both of the two previous occasions they met.
Today’s match at the Basel Davidoff Swiss Indoors will start at or after 18:00 local time (17:00 GMT).
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If Basel Davidoff Swiss – Live Tennis on TV Streams (Free)
Roger Federer vs Janko Tipsarevic
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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
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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.
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Rome – Live TV Streams (Free)
Update – Game over, Federer beat Zverev, 7-6, 6-2
Option 1: Roger Federer vs Mischa Zverev (English – *currently down*)
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Update: Game over, Nadal won 6-3, 6-3
Option 1: Rafael Nadal vs Fernando Verdasco (Spanish – recommended)
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The big news of course was the ousting of Andy Murray by Juan Monaco – well, Andy’s had a great run this year and perhaps this is just a pause in his momentum towards the top three (or two). I expect the few extra days rest will do him a lot of good, and we’ll see some great tennis from him in the slightly faster courts of Madrid.
Roger Federer had a tough match, and faced some solid resistance from Karlovic, but his game was steady, and he was able to win easily, 6-4, 6-4.
Rafael Nadal looked even stronger, seeing off Andreas Seppi quickly in an hour and twenty, and with just a minor bump early on with a loss of service before a typically concentrated performance where he left the Italian with no chances whatsoever to get into the game.
Cincinnati Time
. Let’s see if they can keep up the pace today as we enter the crunch stage of the tournament.
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