Clay tournaments are much more interesting when Nadal has been knocked out. I say this as a fan of Nadal as well. Not entirely unexpected - although Thiem has been on the brink of going out himself a few times - as this is Nadal's weakest tournament after all, he has "only" won it 5 times...
-- Edited by flamingowings on Friday 11th of May 2018 05:33:10 PM
QF: Kyle Edmund WR 22 vs Denis Shapovalov (CAN) WR 43 (CH = 42 last week)
Shapovalov beat Raonic by 4 & 4.
The head-to-head is 2-2, the first encounter being in that infamous GB-Canada first round Davis Cup tie last year, when Kyle won by default. Shapovalov won the next two (Queen's & the US Open last tear) & Kyle the last one (first round in Brisbane earlier this year).