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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet at Wimbledon for the first time since the 2008 final after qualifying for the semifinals.
Federer beat Kei Nishikori 4-6 6-1 6-4 6-4 for his 100th win at the All England Club, while Nadal defeated Sam Querrey 7-5 6-2 6-2.
In 2008, Nadal had won 9 to 7 in the fifth set against Federer in a final in the rain that lasted nearly seven hours.
Together, they won 10 titles at Wimbledon.
"We have a lot of information about Rafa, as well as him about us," said Federer, an eight-time champion, who, by beating the eighth seeded Japanese, Nishikori, became the first player in the game. history to win 100 matches in men's singles at a single Grand Slam.
"So you can dive into tactics like crazy for two days, or you say" it's tennis on grbad field, so I'll go out and play my tennis ".
"People always praise the merits It was a joy to play against Rafa on his field at the Open de France and [I’m] very excited to play it here. "
Spaniard Nadal said: "It's great. It's hard to imagine again in this situation.
"I'm looking forward to playing Roger at Wimbledon."
Normal service resumes for Federer after a bad start
Federer took the victory in two hours and 36 minutes
Nishikori beat Swiss Grand Federer in two straight sets during his last encounter in the ATP final in 2018, but he had been beaten by twenty-time Grand Slam champion in seven of his previous ten matches.
However, few Central Court spectators knew how to react when Federer was broken in the very first game, before falling 2-0 when serving Nishikori, and only winning the third game while Nishikori scored three points.
In an error – prone first set, in which Federer made two fouls three times and hit 12 unforced errors, it was Nishikori who seemed the most at home despite his opponent 's previous success on the day. Wimbledon grbad, failing to beat Federer again at 3-1. before the rest of the series went with serve.
The second set, on the other hand, proved to be the opposite opposite of the first, as Federer eliminated Nishikori early to help him lead 3-0.
He then served to love twice before breaking Nishikori again and seeing the whole in just 23 minutes.
Federer missed the point of stoppage in the opening game of a third set upside down, but finally took a close-range match to allow Nishikori to move to 4-4. 3, although he needs four points to stop doing it.
After finishing the third set on his second point, Federer had five chances to break Nishikori in the fourth but it was only 4-4 that he was able to do it.
And, with elegance, he sealed the win with a 12th place match – to qualify for a 13th semifinal at Wimbledon.
Twenty-five days before his 38th birthday, Federer becomes the eldest semifinal of the Grand Slam since Jimmy Connors in 1991 who, at age 39 and six days, had reached the last four games at the US Open.
In total, Federer reached 45 semifinals in singles Grand Slam, nine ahead of defending Wimbledon champion Novak Djokovic, who also reached the last four Wednesday.
Nadal holds its share of the market
Rafael Nadal reached his 32nd Grand Slam semifinal
At the same time that Federer was in action on Court Court, Nadal was in compliance with the terms of the contract with Court One.
The 18-time Grand Slam champion had been eliminated early against American Querrey, but he was unable to serve for 5-5 when he had already scored four points.
But he restored his advantage in the next game, then managed to avoid three points to stop a point of equality.
The Center Court cheers celebrating Federer's victory could be heard on Court One and a few seconds later, there were corresponding celebrations when Nadal took the second set with a net throw.
The Spaniard apologized to Querrey for the winning shot, as he stood very close to the American at the time, while the racket or the ball could hit him.
While Querrey continued to bombard Nadal with ace – a total of 22 – the Spaniard accelerated through the third set and a right-handed winner concluded the win that placed him in his seventh half -final at Wimbledon.
Nadal's win means that there are two Spaniards in the men's semifinals at Wimbledon for the first time after their compatriot Roberto Bautista Agut defeated Argentinian Guido Pella to stage a clash with the number one world Djokovic.
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