A five-time champion in the Spanish capital, Nadal is looking to match Novak Djokovic’s career record of 37 ATP Masters 1000 titles this week.
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The 20-year-old rose to the top of the WTA rankings following Ashleigh Barty’s shock retirement and already has four singles titles to her name in 2022.
Zverev is looking for his first Masters title since he got the better of Thiem in the final in the Spanish capital three years ago.
Halep had sailed through the first two rounds on the Spanish clay without dropping a set but she ended up second best in a match which yielded 15 breaks of serve.
The clay-court event was originally due to be played in May but was moved to September after the first wave of COVID-19 hit Europe.
Slated for September 13, Madrid should be the fifth ATP event after the long-awaited restart of the season that is planned for August.
Novak Djokovic has opened a handy 4,195 lead over second-place Rafael Nadal at the top of the ATP Rankings following his victory at the Madrid Open.
Novak Djokovic defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 on Sunday to win a third Madrid Open title and a record-equalling 33rd Masters crown.
World number one, Novak Djokovic, automatically progressed to the Madrid Open semi-finals after his quarter-final opponent Marin Cilic was forced to withdraw because of food poisoning on Friday.
World number one, Novak Djokovic, comfortably beat Taylor Fritz 6-4 6-2 to reach the Madrid Open third round on Tuesday.
The Swiss has been preparing for the Madrid Open this week, three years after his last match on the surface.
The record was set in 1984
Del Potro looked in complete control as he converted two break-point opportunities to take the opening set.
Djokovic, a two-time champion in the Spanish capital, has not won a deciding set this year.
It was in the opening round of the Madrid Open.
The 36-year-old, who won the Madrid Open in 2012 and 2013, returned to the WTA tour in March after giving birth to her first child last September.
The world number five will take on Novak Djokovic in Saturday’s last-four showdown, with the Serbian being handed a walkover win against Kei Nishikori earlier on Friday
The Briton, who had a bye in the first round, claimed a 6-4 6-3 victory
Having parted company with Boris Becker last December, the Serbian announced on Friday that he had split from the remainder of his team, including long-term coach Marian Vajda
The Russian is set to make her return to the ATP tour in Stuttgart in April after being banned for 15 months for testing positive for banned substance meldonium