On the other side of the draw, Nole took care of Nalby, who looked a bit of a shell compared to previous matches. He had particular trouble on serve, and Nole spit him up and chewed him out, and is looking as good as he did on clay last year.

As for Fer, the match I didn’t see, he took out Montanes winning the first set, losing the second in a tiebreak, and then tossing a bagel. Fer with some mental strength? Well I’ll be damned. Nice to see Fer playing well on clay too, his game should transfer well over. Should be a great semifinal. It follows Rafa/Ferru.