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Tennis: Nadal fights past Ferrer to reach Madrid Open semis
Rafa Nadal recovered from accidentally striking himself in the face with his racket to see off Spanish compatriot David Ferrer 4-6 7-6 6-0 in the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Friday

Reuters Published in Ahram Online on 10 - 05 - 2013

World number four Ferrer, ranked one place above Nadal following the Majorcan's seven-month layoff with a knee injury, showed why he is considered one of the most tenacious competitors on the circuit to take the first set of the last-eight clash at the clay Masters event.
Nadal clung on to edge the second-set tiebreak 7-3 and then switched up a gear in the decider to set up a semi-final meeting on Saturday against Japanese 14th seed Kei Nishikori or Spanish wildcard Pablo Andujar.
Nadal had a scare when leading 4-0 in the third set when his racket bounced up off the court as he was stretching down to play a shot and struck him above the eye.
After a brief interruption he was able to continue and closed out the victory on his first match point when he broke Ferrer for a seventh time.
"It was a very tight match," Nadal said in an interview with Spanish television broadcaster La Sexta.
"I think maybe David deserved more than me to be in the semi-finals but that's sport for you," the 26-year-old added.
"In the third set David dropped his intensity a bit and I didn't have to do all that much.
"I was playing aggressively on my forehand and I am very pleased with how that is going, it's working much better than in the events leading up to Madrid."
Nadal has managed to avoid the fate of world number one Novak Djokovic, who was upset by unseeded Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the second round on Tuesday.
Second seed and defending champion Roger Federer became another high profile casualty on Thursday when he lost his third-round match to Nishikori of Japan.
Former world number one Nadal has won four titles since his return from injury in February and will be chasing an eighth Roland Garros crown in Paris starting later this month.
In Friday's remaining quarter-finals on the other side of the draw, British third seed Andy Murray meets sixth-seed Czech Tomas Berdych and seventh seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga of France plays Swiss 15th seed Stanislas Wawrinka.
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