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Courier asks Rafa if he will watch the Federer-Wawrinka semi-final tomorrow. "Before all else, I love the sport," he says, "and if you do not watch this match you have nothing to love for the sport."
"I am not an arrogant guy, so I always have doubts," Nadal tells Jim Courier. "I look forward to playing Grigor [Dimitrov], I know he had a tough year."
Nadal's returns are getting deeper, stronger, and more powerful as we go on. The energy levels are neither dipping nor rising here, but shot placement is great.
Nadal almost breaks, but that's a massive serve from Raonic and Nadal can't guide it back in. Subsequent shots go wide and quickly, it's game Raonic. There hasn't been a break of serve since the first set.
Pure fire in Nadal's eyes right now and he runs to the net and SMASHES that one right down! Then he seals it off with a forehand winner to take the lead in the third.
We're at 3-3 in the tiebreak and Raonic is running around - making Rafa do just that! He produces a brilliant shot and Nadal slides to make it - the next one, he misses. And it's Raonic with the mini-break.
