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(Reuters) – A look at the key facts and records of Argentina’s Diego Schwartzman and Spain’s Rafa Nadal ahead of their French Open semi-final on Friday (prefix number indicates seed):
12-DIEGO SCHWARTZMAN
Age: 28
ATP Rank: 14 (Maximum: 11)
Grand Slam titles: 0
ATP career titles: 3
Performance at the 2019 French Open: Second round
Best performance at the French Open: Semifinals (2020)
ROAD TO THE SEMIFINAL
First round: Miomir Kecmanovic (Serbia) 6-0 6-1 6-3
Second round: Lorenzo Giustino (Italy) 6-1 7-5 6-0
Third round: Norbert Gombos (Slovakia) 7-6 (3) 6-3 6-3
Fourth round: Lorenzo Sonego (Italy) 6-1 6-3 6-4
Quarter-finals: Dominic Thiem (Austria) 7-6 (1) 5-7 6-7 (6) 7-6 (5) 6-2
Italian Open runner-up Schwartzman has picked up where he left off in Rome, dropping just two sets en route to the last four in Paris.
Schwartzman outpointed Dominic Thiem in a brutal five-set game to reach his first French Open semi-final.
The Argentine will have his job cut short against Nadal, who has beaten him in nine of his 10 games.
2-RAFA STILL
Age: 34
ATP Rank: 2 (Highest Rank: 1)
Grand Slam titles: 19 (Australian Open 2009; French Open 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019; Wimbledon 2008, 2010; US Open 2010, 2013, 2017, 2019)
ATP career titles: 85
Performance at the 2019 French Open: Winner
Best performance at the French Open: Winner (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019)
ROAD TO THE SEMIFINAL
First round: Egor Gerasimov (Belarus) 6-4 6-4 6-2
Second round: Mackenzie McDonald (United States) 6-1 6-0 6-3
Third round: Stefano Travaglia (Italy) 6-1 6-4 6-0
Fourth round: Sebastian Korda (United States) 6-1 6-1 6-2
Quarter-finals: Jannik Sinner (Italy) 7-6 (4) 6-4 6-1
Nadal, who is competing for a record-setting 20th major, has yet to drop a set in Paris this year.
The Spaniard faced his first real test in the quarterfinals against Italian teenager Jannik Sinner, but emerged unscathed, recovering from a break in the first two sets to seal a straight-set victory.
Standing between Nadal and a record-extending 13th French Open final is Schwartzman, who defeated the Spaniard in the Italian Open quarterfinals last month.
HEAD-TO-HEAD: Nadal leads 9-1
2020 Schwartzman d Nadal 6-2 7-5 (Roma, clay)
2019 Nadal d Schwartzman 6-1 6-2 (Davis Cup, hard)
2019 Nadal d Schwartzman 6-4 7-5 6-2 (US Open, hard)
2019 Nadal d Schwartzman 6-3 6-1 (Indian Wells, hard)
2018 Nadal d Schwartzman 4-6 6-3 6-2 6-2 (French Open, clay)
2018 Nadal d Schwartzman 6-3 6-4 (Madrid, clay)
2018 Nadal d Schwartzman 6-3 6-7 (4) 6-3 6-3 (Australian Open, hard)
2017 Nadal d Schwartzman 6-4 6-4 (Monte Carlo, clay)
2015 Nadal d Schwartzman 7-6 (5) 6-3 7-5 (US Open, hard)
2013 Nadal d Schwartzman 6-2 6-2 (Acapulco, clay)
(Compiled by Arvind Sriram in Bengaluru; Edited by Toby Davis)
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