Federer ahead 2-1 in sets against Nadal in the semi-final

2019-07-12T17:57:59.901Z

In the semi-finals of the men's tournament of Wimbledon, the squatter between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal is in full swing. Follow the party in this live blog.

Good afternoon! My name is Youri Kocken and in this live blog we will keep you up to date with the men's semi-finals at Wimbledon!

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Federer Nadal (2-1)
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Wimbledon · 3 minutes ago

The statistics of the third set show that Federer has his game under control again. He hits fifteen winners and only makes two unnecessary mistakes.

Wimbledon · 5 minutes ago

Federer is one more set away from his 31st Grand Slam final in his career.

One step closer to a 31st Grand Slam final ... @RogerFederer takes the lead after winning the third set 6-3 #Wimbledon

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AuthorWimbledonMoment of places19: 46 - 12 July 2019

Wimbledon · 7 minutes ago

Federer set! (2-1)

The Swiss strikes immediately at his first set point. Thanks to an unnecessary error by Nadal, he wins the ninth game on love and pulls the set to 6-3. The twenty-fold Grand Slam winner now leads 2-1 in sets.

Wimbledon · 8 minutes ago

Federer scores 40-0 via a beautiful backhand along the line, giving him three set points.

Wimbledon · 9 minutes ago

Nadal holds on and reduces his deficit to 3-5. Federer can now serve for a 2-1 lead in sets.

Wimbledon · 10 minutes ago

Nadal traps 0-30 behind, but also prevents an set-up against him due to an ace.

Wimbledon · 13 minutes ago

Partly thanks to his eleventh ace of the party, Federer takes a 5-2 lead. Nadal must now retain his service to stay in the set.

Wimbledon · 16 minutes ago

Nadal crawls through the eye of the needle in the third set. He survives two break points and returns to 2-4 via four points in a row.

Wimbledon · 21 minutes ago

What a wonderful point from Federer! Via a beautiful volley he reaches 0-30 at the service of Nadal.

Wimbledon · 24 minutes ago

Federer has to work hard for it, but ultimately holds onto his break lead. He survives three break points and is 4-1.

Wimbledon · 27 minutes ago

In a brilliant rally, Nadal finally hits the ball, leaving Federer to survive the second break point.

Wimbledon · 28 minutes ago

Nadal immediately gets the chance to break back. The Spaniard comes on 15-40, but Federer works away the first breakpoint without any problems.

Wimbledon · 31 minutes ago

Break Federer!

There is the first break of the third set. Federer seems to be losing the point, but fights back nicely in the rally and then strikes. He now leads 3-1.

Wimbledon · 32 minutes ago

Federer gets the first breakpoint of the third set. With a nice winner he comes to the service of Nadal 30-40.

Wimbledon · 36 minutes ago

Both players keep their storage easily for now. Only Nadal in the first three games gives a point on own service.

Wimbledon · 41 minutes ago

Federer has things back in order in the third set. The eight-time Wimbledon winner takes his first service game thanks to three aces on love .

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Nadal set! (1-1)

Federer has already given up the set, which means that Nadal simply takes over the second company: 6-1. The Mallorcan brings the position in balance.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Break Nadal!

There is the second break for Nadal in the second set. The Spaniard may now serve for the set.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Federer makes some more unnecessary mistakes, so that Nadal easily retains his service. The eighteen-time Grand Slam winner now leads 4-1.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Break Nadal!

There is the first break of the party. Federer hits the ball in the net, giving Nadal a 3-1 lead in the second set.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Federer gets into trouble again on his own service. Nadal will have no less than three chances to break.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Nadal survives both break points and takes a 2-1 lead via four points in a row. The level goes up considerably in the second set with a number of great rallies.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Federer now receives two break points. With a beautiful pass, Nadal finally hits the ball, leaving him 15-40 behind.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

The Swiss survives that breakpoint with a nice volley, after which he takes the game and brings the score in the second company to 1-1.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Federer is working his first breakpoint against a determined path, but then Nadal gets another chance to break after a beautiful change of strokes.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

There is the first breakpoint for Nadal. After a great rally, the Spaniard takes a 40-30 lead.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Nadal is not upset by the set loss and takes the first game of the second set without too many problems.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

It does not differ much in the opening set. Federer takes a little more points (40 to 34) and hits a lot more winners (16 to 7), but also more unnecessary mistakes (10 to 4).

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Fixated.Advantage @rogerfederer as the Swiss wins the first set tie-break 7-3 #Wimbledon

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AuthorWimbledonMoment of places18: 33 - July 12, 2019

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Federer set! (1-0)

The twenty-fold Grand Slam winner immediately hits his first set point and wins the tiebreak with 7-3.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

There is the first set point for Federer! He takes a 6-3 lead.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

With a nice winner, Federer forces a mini-break, after which he easily reaches 5-3.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Nadal tries to hide Federer with a lob, but the ball is just out. Because of this the score in the tiebreak is back in balance: 3-3.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

An unnecessary error by Federer, as a result of which Nadal again has a mini-break lead and brings the tiebreak score to 3-2.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

Nadal immediately has a mini-break in the tiebreak, but he gives his lead away a point later.

Wimbledon · one hour ago

This young man apparently doesn't find it all exciting enough.

This young man cannot be serious #Wimbledon

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AuthorQQ ® Moment of Places 18: 17 - 12 July 2019

Wimbledon · one hour ago

A tiebreak must be used to decide the first set, after Nadal retains his service.

Wimbledon · 2 hours ago

Federer again makes it difficult for Nadal in his service game. With a nice ball along the line, he lands on deuce.

Wimbledon · 2 hours ago

Thanks to his seventh ace in the semi-final against Nadal, Federer has now hit the most aces on Wimbledon. The Swiss passes Goran Ivanisevic, who won Wimbledon in 2001.

Another record goes the way of @rogerfederer 💨 #Wimbledon

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AuthorWimbledonMoment of places18: 19 - 12 July 2019

Wimbledon · 2 hours ago

Federer's service runs like a train. The number three in the world wins his service game on love for the third time and is 6-5.

Wimbledon · 2 hours ago

Despite his first double error of the match, Nadal brought the score back into balance.

Wimbledon · 2 hours ago

The service continues to run well at Federer, giving him a 5-4 lead through three aces. Nadal must now keep his storage to stay in the first set.

Wimbledon · 2 hours ago

It is a bit difficult, but Nadal pulls his service game to him: 4-4.

Wimbledon · 2 hours ago