Roland Garros 2018, Men's Singles, Quarterfinal: Rafael Nadal vs Diego Schwartzman, Live Match Updates

Nadal enters the semi-finals with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win

Updated: 07 June 2018 17:24 IST - Published: June, 06 2018 05:13 PM IST

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He will face the winner of the quarter-final between Marin Cilic and Juan Martin del Potro.

Credit to Schwartzman for making Rafa work this hard. He can certainly hold his head high.

As for Nadal, he struggled yesterday, but still found a way to manoeuvre things his way under pressure. That's what champions do and that is why he is such a great champion.

Nadal enters the semi-finals with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 win

A forehand that drops on the baseline from Rafa.

He WINS!

It's match point No. 4 for Rafa

Big forehand down the line from Rafa!

Deuce

Again Rafa's backhand goes wide!

Third break point for Diego

Forehand down the line from Rafa!

Break point saved

Crosscourt backhand return from Diego!

Again a break point for him

Forehand from Rafa saves it!

What a dropshot from the baseline from Diego!

Gets a break.point

A wild forehand from Rafa!

Deuce!

Backhand goes out from Rafa

40-30

And finally Rafa has TWO MATCH POINTS!!

Rafa pushed a forehand wide after going up to 30-0

Schwartzman holds and Rafa will now serve for the match at 5-2

This game continues to be a marathon.

Now Rafa miscues a second serve return and it is game point to Schwartzman

What a sizzling forehand from the Argentine and he urges the crowd to continue chanting for him!

What a backhand from Schwartzman and he gets a game point!

Rafa now has a match point on the Schwartzman serve

And Rafa makes use of his second game point.

Up now at 5-1.

Just one more game needed for him to enter the semi-finals

An unforced error from the top seed's racquet gifts Schwartzman a point

Rafa has two game points at 40-15

Rafa keeps dictating the play, as expected.

Showing brilliant movement by forcing his diminutive opponent to run from side to side.

The Argentine saved two break points but it was not enough to stop a marauding Rafa!

Nadal BREAKS again to stretch his lead to 4-1

Rafa is hitting deeper and deeper.

With a forehand down the line, he carves out three break points on the Schwartzman serve.

Rafa holds!!!!

He goes up to 3-1

Rafa saves it with a forehand drop

Big forehand return from Diego

He has a break point

Diego did all the hard work to put Nadal out of the court but messed it up with a failed overhead.

30-30 on the Nadal serve

The Argentine caves in very quickly. Clearly lost his focus and sharpness

Rafa BREAKS!!!!

He goes up to 2-1

Schwartzman looks frustrated. He faces three break points.

Schwartzman took a couple of points off the Nadal serve but couldn't do any sizeable damage.

Rafa holds his serve to level it at 1-1

Schwartzman opens the fourth set with a comfortable hold.

1-0

Rafa needs just one more set to reach the semi-finals.

Rafa finally converts the set point and wins the marathon service game, and with it, the set.

6-2 to Nadal

Rafa finally has a set point again after Schwartzman errs again

The Argentine had a break point but squandered it with a missed backhand

Deuce again

It is a third deuce now as Schwartzman has upped the intensity on his returns, forcing Rafa into errors.

Rafa got a set point but a forehand shank from him pushes the ball wide.

Deuce

Some brutal hitting from both and it is 30-30

Rafa is now serving for the third set at 5-2

Schwartzman manages to avoid dropping his serve for the third time and holds to trail 2-5

Rafa has been firmly in control of this set. With a double break up, he has gone up to 5-1

The depth from Rafa on his forehands is fantastic at the moment.

He holds to love and goes up to 3-1

That fires him up and he finds four consecutive points to HOLD!

That was a massive hold!

He trails 1-2

But here is a big roar from the Argentine after he finds a lob to outsmart Rafa after going down 0-30 on serve.

Schwartzman isn't looking the same player anymore. It is Rafa who is taking charge and advancing to the net more often, to keep his opponent on the backfoot

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