Novak Djokovic on Thursday had an unusual match against Tomasz Bellucci, losing the first set with 6: 0, and again had trouble at the beginning of the match, after Nadal led with 3: 2 with a break. But the world No. 1 won the sixth game for a period of 11 minutes to prevent another break before making two breaks and winning the first set.
In the second set, the situation was almost the same. Nadal was leading with 5: 3, but Djokovic get back into the game and remained more concentrated in the tie-break. Djokovic now awaits the better of the duel Kei Nishikori - Dominique Tiem in Saturday's semifinal. In the second semifinal play Andy Murray and Lucas Puje.
Djokovic now has 26-23 against Nadal, and despite the seven consecutive wins, he also has 14 sets in a row against the Spaniard. The last win for Nadal over Djokovic was in the final of Roland Garros in 2014.