Rafa in Rogers Cup QF !

After an important victory against Sergiy Stakhovsky of Ukraine, Rafa passed another test in Toronto. This time against Mikhail Youzhny of Russia. Rafa won in straight sets: 6-3, 6-3 after one hour and 41 minutes of play.

After the 3rd Round match, Rafa said: “When he's playing like this, of course his ranking is much higher. He's having a tough year, but he play great here. When a player like him is playing well, is very dangerous. Winning four matches already in this tournament. If he can play like this, for sure he will finish the season in a higher position in the ranking. No doubt of that. Was a positive victory for me. I think I played great because he was playing at a good level of tennis.”
He was serving considerably faster than during his recent title run in Hamburg – a shoulder complaint he said had now gone.

“It’s not a problem anymore. I don't have pain anymore in the shoulder. But during the Hamburg tournament I couldn't serve very well. I was just trying to put serves in, very slow speed. But happy the way I served today. I think I was serving very well tonight.”

After In Rogers Cup quarterfinal, Rafa will play against Kei Nishikori of Japan. On head to head, Rafa leads Nishikori: 7-0. Their last match was last year in Madrid where Rafa won: 2-6, 6-4, 3-0 Ret.

VAMOS RAFA!!!