Rafa Nadal and Denis Shapovalov will fight for the ticket to the semifinals of the Australian Open 2022 this Tuesday, January 25. The meeting is scheduled on the third shift of the Rod Laver Arena, during the daytime session, for “no earlier than 2:00 p.m.” in Melbourne, that is, from 4 a.m. on the peninsula, 3 the morning in the Canary Islands. Nadal and Shapovalov’s quarterfinal match can be seen through the Eurosport 1 payment channel, available on the Movistar + and DAZN platforms.
Rafa Nadal is already in the second week of competition at the Australian Open 2022. The Spanish tennis player reached the quarterfinals after beating Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in three sets. His next rival is the Canadian Denis Shapovalov, 14th seed and executioner of one of the big favorites, Alexander Zverev.
This is the fifth confrontation between Rafa Nadal and Denis Shapovalov on the official circuit, with three victories for the Spaniard against one for the Canadian. They recently played a match in the exhibition tournament in Abu Dhabi, which the man from Manacor attended to prove himself after being out of the circuit for four months. That duel was taken by the Canadian.
Left-handed like Nadal, he is a high-quality tennis player who arrives full of confidence after having recently won the ATP Cup with Canada. He dispatched Alexander Zverev in three sets to advance to the quarterfinals in Melbourne, where his ceiling so far had been the third round of the tournament. In Grand Slams, he has played a quarterfinal at the US Open 2020 – he fell to Carreño – and reached the semifinals at Wimbledon 2021 – with a loss to Djokovic.
Where to watch the Nadal-Shapovalov match live?
Rafa Nadal and Denis Shapovalov meet this Tuesday, January 25, in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The game is scheduled for “not before 2:00 p.m.”, that is, from 4 a.m. in Spain. Both will jump to the Rod Laver Arena in the third turn of the Rod Laver Arena, with the ticket to the semifinals at stake. The meeting can be seen on television through Eurosport 1, available on the Movistar + and DAZN platforms
