Nadal, Monfils Reach Stuttgart Semifinals

June 12, 2015 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff

Top-seeded Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals of the Mercedes Cup in Stuttgart, Germany on Friday, downing Australian Bernard Tomic 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-3.

After struggling towards the end of the second set, Nadal turned it on in the third set. He broke in the second game and consolidated it with a hold to take a 3-0 advantage. From there, he casually served out the remainder of the match and reached the final four in 2 hours and 20 minutes.

In the semifinals, Nadal will square off with fourth-seeded Frenchman Gael Monfils, who also needed three sets in his quarterfinal match.

Monfils defeated Germany’s Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-5, 3-6, 6-3. He ripped 17 aces and broke the German three times in seven chances for the victory.

The other semifinal will be between eighth-seeded Serb Viktor Troicki, who beat Sam Groth 7-6(3), 6-1, and second-seed Marin Cilic, who came back to beat German qualifier Mischa Zverev 4-6, 7-6(5), 7-6(5). 


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