Roland Garros 2012: Nadal vs Almagro Live Online

There are three men to have reached the French Open 2012 quarterfinals without losing a single set. All are Spanish players, all are in the bottom half of the draw, and two of them are meeting each other tomorrow for a spot at the semifinals of this year's Roland-Garros tournament. World no. 2 Rafael Nadal will battle Spain's no. 3 player and no.12-seed Nicolas Almagro as Nadal continues his march to an unprecedented 7th French Open title. Watch Roland Garros 2012 live online featuring Nadal vs Almagro here. The match is the second one scheduled at Court Philippe Chatrier and the day's session starts at 2pm local time. Expect an all out clay court battle as two specialists on this surface, both hoisting the trophies in their previous tournaments, try to out-do each other for that precious final four spot.

All evidence point to a Nadal victory. The world no. 2 is a perfect 7-0 against Almagro, including 5-0 on clay, but they haven't played each other since Nadal beat Almagro in the same stage of the French Open in 2010. That match was won in straight sets by Nadal, but the first two sets were decided on tie-breaks. Nadal is going for his 50th match win in Roland-Garros where he now boasts a dazzling 49-1 record. Almagro has reached the quarterfinal stage twice before, in 2008 and 2010, and would certainly like to improve on his current 17-8 record in the tournament by reaching the semi-finals for the first time in his career.

Nadal has been in blistering form though. This is the fourth time in eight appearances at the clay-court Slam that the Spaniard has reached the quarter-finals without the loss of a set. On those previous three occasions, he went on to claim the title. Nadal had conceded just 10 games to Juan Monaco in their three other clay-court meetings, and once again dominated the 13th-seeded Argentine on Monday during their fourth round match. He allowed just two games, breaking Monaco eight times from 10 opportunities during the one hour, 46-minute match. The 19 games Nadal has lost en route to the quarter-finals are the fewest in the first four rounds of any of his Roland Garros campaigns. No player has dropped fewer games through the Round of 16 in Paris since 1982, when Guillermo Vilas lost 16 games.

Almagro, meanwhile, continued his incredible run that began in the first round of the Nice Open. Since that match, the Spanish no.12 seed has yet to drop a set, winning the tournament in the south of France and racing into the quarter-finals here. Almagro's latest victim was Janko Tipsarevic, no less, the no.8 seed from Serbia. Tipsarevic was outplayed in every part of the game by the Spaniard who must be starting to feel invincible, such is his form. Almagro was understandably delighted to reach the last eight: "Yes, of course I'm very happy. I think I played great tennis today. The day was a little bit cloudy, but now it's really sunny for me. (Smiling.) Now that win is one of the best moments of my career, and I want to enjoy and I'm very happy with my tennis."

Nadal vs Almagro Career Head-to-Head: Nadal leads 7-0

Year Tournament & City Surface Round Winner & Score
2010 Roland Garros
France Clay Q Nadal, Rafael
7-6(2), 7-6(3), 6-4 Stats
2010 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid
Spain Clay S Nadal, Rafael
4-6, 6-2, 6-2 Stats
2009 ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Paris
France Hard R32 Nadal, Rafael
3-6, 7-6(2), 7-5 Stats
2009 US Open
NY, U.S.A. Hard R32 Nadal, Rafael
7-5, 6-4, 6-4 Stats
2008 Roland Garros
France Clay Q Nadal, Rafael
6-1, 6-1, 6-1 Stats
2006 Barcelona
Spain Clay S Nadal, Rafael
7-6(2), 6-3 Stats
2004 Palermo
Italy Clay R32 Nadal, Rafael
6-1, 7-5 Stats

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