Today 15/5, the focus of the felt ball village is the semi -final of the men's single content Masters 2021 between Rafael Nadal vs Reilly Opelka. 2 players will encounter each other at about 19:00 tonight.
On the journey to the semi -finals, Nadal easily overcame the young star Jannik Sinner in the second round, then spectacularly walked back to Denis Shapovalov in the third round. To the quarterfinals, the “crew king” continued to show the brilliant style when defeating the tennis player who was in high form Alexander Zverev.
Notably, Zverev was the one who removed Nadal from the quarterfinals of Madrid Open a week ago. The German tennis player continued to the final and won the championship. However, in the recovery of the “crew king” in Rome, Zverev played completely compared to the opponent and had to put the racket after 2 quick sets. The set ratios are 6-3 and 6-4.
Speaking after the match, Nadal claimed that he was having a high confidence after the quarterfinals with Zverev. This is a very important factor for Nadal to continue the way to conquer the 10th Rome Masters championship in his career. To reach the final, he will have to overcome the next opponent, Reilly Opelka in the semi -finals.
Opelka is currently ranked 47th in the ATP rankings. This season, what the American player shows is not very impressive when his number of defeats exceeds the number of victories (7 compared to 6). Therefore, Nadal is considered to easily continue to enter the championship match
Predict the match results: Rafael Nadal 2-0 Reilly Opelka
Rafael Nadal vs Reillka
– Tournament: Italian Open 2021 Male – semi -finals
– Category: ATP Masters 1000
– The yard: Land
– Time: About 19h00 on 15/5/2021
– Location: Rome (Italy)
– Direct channel: K+PC
