ATP Madrid - Friday Schedule: Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal seek semis
A fantastic order of play in Madrid is coming for you on Friday. Novak Djokovic will face Marin Cilic for the 20th time in career. The Serb leads head to head meetings 17-2 and he won their most recent match in the last year's London ATP Finals. The Croatian player defeated Djokovic in 2016 Paris Masters and 2018 Queen's final. After that, Belinda Bencic will try to beat Simona Halep for the third time after prevailing over the Romanian in 2015 Toronto and this year's Dubai. Dominic Thiem may start as a favorite against Roger Federer. The Austrian has won the Barcelona Open and he is going through a great time, while Federer has not delivered his best tennis against Gael Monfils.
Thiem leads head to head 3-2, he won their most recent meeting in this year's Indian Wells final. At night Sloane Stephens will face Kiki Bertens seeking her third win over three matches played against the Dutch. Rafael Nadal faces Stan Wawrinka for the 21th time. The Swiss only beat the Spaniard in 2015 Paris and Rome, 2014 Australian Open. Alexander Zverev and Stefanos Tsitsipas is the match to watch on Arantxa Sanchez court, they are tied on 1-all in the head to head.
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