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Rafael Nadal vs Juan Marin Del Potro Tennis Prediction

For the third time in this clay season, Rafael Nadal was rescued by the rain interruption as Diego Schwartzman was going toe to toe with the Spaniard and was even leading 6-3 *2-1 before the rain interruption took away all his momentum (4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2). Earlier this season, Rafael Nadal was trailing *1-3 against Alexander Zverev in the final of Rome Masters before rain interrupted the match and was trailing by a break against Simone Bolelli in the first round of the French Open.
The match against Diego Schwartzman was the first time Rafael Nadal dropped a set at the French Open in over 1000 days. The last time it happened was against Novak Djokovic in the quarterfinal of 2015 edition, 7-5 3-6 1-6.
The world #1 is currently on a 12-match winning run in Paris, and his overall record in this tournament stands at 84-2 (excluding retirement) with those two losses coming against Robin Soderling and Novak Djokovic. Moreover, he has never lost semifinal match in the French Open, and the last such defeat on clay came against Andy Murray in the Madrid Masters 2016.
“They are both good servers (Cilic and Del Potro), play an aggressive game from the end of the court, the baseline. And I have to play aggressively. If I play defensively and I don’t take intensity, I will be lost.” – Rafael Nadal after securing his semi-final berth.
Rafael Nadal, who is bidding to win the French Open title for the 11th time in his career, recently won his 11th title at the Monte Carlo Masters and Barcelona, in addition to his eighth Rome Masters title.
Juan Marin Del Potro somehow ended up winning the closely fought quarterfinal match comfortably in four sets, thanks to Marin Cilic’s lack of composure in big moments, 7-6 5-7 6-3 7-5. With this win, the Argentinian is guaranteed a top-four spot in the ATP Rankings.
Juan Martin Del Potro will now look to become the fifth Argentinian to reach the Roland Garros final, after Guillermo Vilas (1975, 1977-78, 1982), Gaston Gaudio (2004), Guillermo Coria (2004) and Mariano Puerta (2005).
World #6 Del Potro has made the semifinals of the French Open once in 2009 but ended up losing to Roger Federer in five sets. Since then, he has played three semifinals at this level and managed to win only one of them, with two of those three semifinal matches coming against Rafael Nadal (1/1).
Rafael Nadal leads the H2H 9-5 including winning their previous two clay meetings in straight sets. On fast-paced conditions, Juan Martin Del Potro does have an equal chance of beating Rafael Nadal, but given the circumstances in Paris this fortnight, it’s going to be extremely difficult for the Argentinian to get anything out of this match.

Tennis Prediction: Over 3.5 SETS
Odds: 2.00