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Rio Open: Nadal Through To Semis As Dolgopolov Withdraws

Rio Open: Nadal Through To Semis As Dolgopolov Withdraws

Former world No.1 Rafael Nadal reached the semi-finals of the Rio Open without hitting a ball on Friday, when Ukrainian Aleksandr Dolgopolov withdrew due to a shoulder injury.

The Rio Open official Twitter account revealed the news of Dolgopolov’s injury:

Nadal is looking to find his form ahead of the French Open in May/June at the clay court event in Rio.

The 29-year-old dropped to number five in the world after an injury-hit 2015 and suffered his first opening-round exit in a loss to countryman Fernando Verdasco at the Australian Open in January.

The 14-time Grand Slam champion will face Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas in the last four on Saturday.


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Srdan “Sojo” Latinovic is a sports editor/writer with previous writing experience for Chicago.com, Bleacher Report and Suite 101. He has covered soccer, basketball and hockey among other sports and also has keen knowledge in tennis and football. Sojo has played competitive sports since he was 5 years old and still does to this day, although the level of competition has dropped since his semi-professional days of soccer in Germany in the late ‘90s. Sojo is a 2009 graduate of Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Sports Journalism and is a recipient of the 2009 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Award.

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