Away from the long spells of red and blue clay, recently crowned Roland Garros champion Spaniard Rafael Nadal plays against 34th ranked German Philipp Kohlschreiber on the green grass of Halle quarterfinals, Friday.
Nadal and Kohlschreiber are not new to each other as they have met nine times since they first met at australian Open in 2007 - and everytime the Spaniard winning over the German.
Nadal is sailing very smoothly so far as he has won all of his last ten matches, nine on clay and last against L Lacko at Halle on grass in the second round of Gerry Weber Open or the ATP Halle.
The German on the other hand has lost four of his last ten matches, all on clay. However, he has won his last two matches at Halle on grass. Kohlschreiber beat L Kubot in the second round 6-7(5) 6-1 6-3.
However, unlike clay, grass is never a favourite place for Nadal - he last played at Halle seven years ago, fresh from his first French Open title but suffered a rude awakening on his debut on grass, losing in the first round to Alexander Waske. On the contrary, Swiss Roger Federer has been most successful here as he has won Halle titles five times. So let us see how Nadal fares here this year. But beware, Federer is also coming up as he is scheduled to play the quarterfinals against Raonic later today.
The match is scheduled for Friday, 15 June 2012 at 11:30 GMT
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