Spain's Rafael <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/french-open-merciless-rafael-nadal-marches-into-the-quarter-finals-390087">Nadal</a> entered the French Open semi-final on Wednesday overpowering Argentina's Diego Schwartzman after losing the second set at the Roland Garros in Paris.

Rafael dropped the second set for the first time since 2019 as he battled Schwartzman who hit deep ground strokes after the first set was won by the Spaniard 6-3.

Nadal, 35, who is eying his 14th French Open championship changed gears in the third set as he came back strongly to break Schwartzman to take the set 6-4.

After gathering momentum, the French Open champion breezed past Schwartzman in the fourth set without dropping a game winning the quarterfinal 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0.

"It's always incredible for me to return to the semi-finals for another time," Nadal said, adding," Diego is such an amazing player with so much talent, today was a very difficult challenge."

Nadal will be eyeing his 21st career grand slam at the French Open although he still has two games to play and a potential clash against <a href="https://www.wionews.com/sports/tennis-sakkari-krejcikova-into-french-open-last-four-as-djokovic-nadal-eye-blockbuster-390428">&nbsp;Djokovic</a> who takes on Italian ninth seed Matteo Berrettini later on Wednesday in a night encounter.

Nadal has now won an incredible 105 matches and lost just two at the French Open as he seeks to set new records in his favourite surface.

Spain's Rafael Nadal entered the French Open semi-final on Wednesday overpowering Argentina's Diego Schwartzman after losing the second set at the Roland Garros in Paris.

Spain's Rafael Nadal entered the French Open semi-final on Wednesday overpowering Argentina's Diego Schwartzman after losing the second set at the Roland Garros in Paris. Rafael dropped the second set for the first time since 2019 as he battled Schwartzman who hit deep ground strokes after the first set was won by the Spaniard 6-3. Nadal, 35, who is eying his 14th French Open championship changed gears in the third set as he came back strongly to break Schwartzman to take the set 6-4. After gathering momentum, the French Open champion breezed past Schwartzman in the fourth set without dropping a game winning the quarterfinal 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0. "It's always incredible for me to return to the semi-finals for another time," Nadal said, adding," Diego is such an amazing player with so much talent, today was a very difficult challenge." Nadal will be eyeing his 21st career grand slam at the French Open although he still has two games to play and a potential clash against Djokovic who takes on Italian ninth seed Matteo Berrettini later on Wednesday in a night encounter. Nadal has now won an incredible 105 matches and lost just two at the French Open as he seeks to set new records in his favourite surface.

Tennis: Nadal overpowers Schwartzman to enter French Open semi-final

World number one Simona Halep's participation in this month's WTA Finals was thrown into doubt after a scan on Tuesday revealed she had suffered a herniated disc in her back.

French Open champion Halep was injured while training at last week's Wuhan Open, where she lost in the second round to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.

Romanian Halep aggravated the problem during her China Open first-round match on Sunday against Ons Jabeur and was forced to retire after losing the first set.

"I had an MRI on my back and found out I have a disc hernia," Halep said on Twitter.

"I will discuss with doctors in the next few days but hope to be back soon and will keep you updated."

Halep, who won her maiden Grand Slam trophy in Paris this year, became the first player to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore from Oct. 21-28.

World number one Simona Halep's participation in this month's WTA Finals was thrown into doubt after a scan on Tuesday revealed she had suffered a herniated disc in her back.

World number one Simona Halep's participation in this month's WTA Finals was thrown into doubt after a scan on Tuesday revealed she had suffered a herniated disc in her back. French Open champion Halep was injured while training at last week's Wuhan Open, where she lost in the second round to Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova. Romanian Halep aggravated the problem during her China Open first-round match on Sunday against Ons Jabeur and was forced to retire after losing the first set. "I had an MRI on my back and found out I have a disc hernia," Halep said on Twitter. "I will discuss with doctors in the next few days but hope to be back soon and will keep you updated." Halep, who won her maiden Grand Slam trophy in Paris this year, became the first player to qualify for the season-ending WTA Finals in Singapore from Oct. 21-28.

Simona Halep suffers herniated disc

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