World No. 1 Rafael Nadal against Mardy Fish seasoned activist of the United States for a spot in the semifinals of the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, the third season of Grand Slam played here at the All England Lawn Tennis Club London, England.
Nadal has lost four successive finals against Djokovic this year. But the King of Clay managed to live to meet the expectations of their huge fan base at Roland Garros, winning the title at the French Open and maintained its No. 1 ranking intact. Spanish is now bidding to win Roland Garros and Wimbledon double for the third time, must be able to do so, became the second player to accomplish the feat after Bjorn Borg.
Last match of Argentina Juan Martin del Potro, Nadal, despite an injury scare dug deep and mustered more than 2009 U.S. Open champion. After the match, Nadal said: "I'm glad I'm done now. I thought that I will never win this game, when the accident happened in the first set 6-5.
He added: "I am very happy to be with a win against one of the best players in the world I think it was a great game 'was a great level of tennis ..."
Nadal next faces the tenth seed Mardy Fish, who dispatched a finalist last year, Tomas Berdych 7-6 (5), 6-4, 6-4.
"He played fantastic," said Nadal fish. "He plays at a very, very high. It is a very dangerous player, so I'll do my best to be very competitive on Wednesday. I need to be on my hundred percent."
World No.9 Mardy Fish is without a title this year. But with her two previous triumphs in Atlanta (hard) and Newport (grass) and second in the Queen's Club and Cincinnati has seen rising to as high as No. 9 in the ATP ranking in singles during the last 12 months. Best performance of fish this year came to Miami in the Sony Ericsson Open, which lost to eventual champion Novak Djokovic. Fish was also the semi-finals in Delray Beach and Memphis.
Fish commented on the future of this struggle: "I have never been in this position in the Grand Slam. Past This place is where I want to be when you set goals. So the game plan-wise, we come to something. A lot of it is mental. So half the battle is within walking distance there is, I believe we can win, and I definitely do. "
Both players have met five times before, and Nadal leads 5-0, and head to head record. The last time they met in 2008 at the U.S. Open, where Nadal won the 3 = 6, 6-1, 6-4, 6-2.