By beating Cameron Norrie on Friday in the quarter-finals in Barcelona (6–1, 6–4), Rafael Nadal won his 450th clay court victory on the ATP Tour. A number that is simply mind-blowing, especially when compared to those of its two great rivals. Jeu Set et Maths points out that Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic have won two 452 matches on this surface in 147 tournaments against 104 for Nadal. The Mallorcan is only two small victories to equalize them. He also has 60 clay court titles since the start of his career.
In search of sound 61th, the king of clay has an appointment with his compatriot Pablo Carreno-Busta this Saturday afternoon in the semi-finals. A match not easy on paper if we look at the small difficulties encountered by Rafa in recent days.
