Doctor in tow, Rafael Nadal heads to French Open semifinalsA victory over No. 3 seed Alexander Zverev of Germany on Friday would enable Nadal to proceed on the trail to a different championship on the French Open. And if he additionally had been to go on to win Sunday’s remaining in opposition to both 2014 US Open champion Marin Cilic of Croatia or No. 8 Casper Ruud of Norway, who meet in Friday’s different semifinal, there additionally could be this to contemplate: Nadal would personal the primary two legs of a calendar-year Grand Slam for the primary time.
Nadal’s French Open file is 110-3 (two of the defeats got here in opposition to Djokovic, in 2015 and a yr in the past) and he’s into his fifteenth semifinal there.
