Nadal, who captured his first Barcelona title as an 18-year-old at the 2005 tournament, will face Pablo Carreno Busta in Saturday's semi-finals. Top seed Nadal broke world number 58 Norrie twice in both sets for his second win of the year over the Briton, having also defeated him in straight sets in the third round of the Australian Open. "I played well at the beginning then I stopped a little bit in the second," said Nadal. Monte Carlo champion Tsitsipas swept aside Felix Auger-Aliassime, the Canadian who recently teamed up with Toni Nadal, the uncle and former coach of the 20-time Grand Slam winner. Italian 19-year-old Sinner became the event's youngest semi-finalist since Nadal in 2005 after overcoming Monte Carlo runner-up Rublev 6-2, 7-6 (8/6).

Source: The Express Tribune April 23, 2021 19:18 UTC