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Toronto, August 12 (TNS):\u00a0 The World’s Number 1 Tennis player, Rafael Nadal on Sunday stormed into the final of the Rogers Cup after he thrashed Karen Khachanov of Russia in their men’s singles semi-final match.<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old thrashed his Russian opponent 7-6(3), 6-4 to register a straight-set victory in a one-sided clash.<\/p>\n
The Spaniard will now take on Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece in the final match.<\/p>\n
The top seed, who never won an ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title after Cincinnati Open 2013, will look to end the drought of five long years by clinching a victory against Tsitsipas.<\/p>\n
Nadal and Tsitsipas last met each other in the final of the Barcelona Open, in April where Nadal registered a straight-set victory over the Greek player.<\/p>\n
As far as head to head record is concerned, the figures are tilted 79-36 in Nadal’s favour.<\/p>\n
Reflecting on the final clash, the seventeen-time Grand Slam title said that he is looking forward to the match and asserted that it would be great if he managed to win the title.<\/p>\n
“Tomorrow is a day to play a great match against a very tough opponent. And I hope to be ready for it. It’s another Masters 1000 final. But still a lot of work to do. If it happens, it’s going to be great news of course. Canada is a tournament that I play well a lot of times in my career. And it’s a very important result for me to be back here where I am,” ATP website quoted Nadal, as saying.<\/p>\n
The Rogers Cup final is slated to be held on August 13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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