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Rio 2016, Day 5: Nadal,Murray On Centre Court

By Carlo Maria Giorgi
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Day 5 in Rio de Janeiro with men’s third round matches, women’s quarterfinals and mixed doubles kicking off. 

On centre court, Spaniard Rafael Nadal will play Frenchman Gilles Simon, Croatian Marin Cilic will face Gael Monfils and British Andy Murray will have a very tough test against Italian Fabio Fognini.

On court one, Argentinian Juan Martin Del Potro will look for a spot in the quarterfinals as he will face Japanese Taro Daniel.

Also, fourth seed Kei Nishikori will play Slovakian Andrej Martin and Belgium’s David Goffin will meet home star Thomaz Bellucci.

Furthermore, mixed doubles competition will kick off during the day, with first seeds Nicolas Mahut and Caroline Garcia facing Brazilians Teliana Pereira and Marcelo Melo.

Full schedule, with local time:

Centre Court
starting 10:45
WS QF (7) KEYS Madison (USA) vs KASATKINA Daria (RUS)
Not before 12:30
MS 3 (3) NADAL Rafael (ESP) vs (15) SIMON Gilles (FRA)
MS 3 FOGNINI Fabio (ITA) vs (2) MURRAY Andy (GBR)
Not before 18:45
WS QF (15) SVITOLINA Elina (UKR) vs (11) KVITOVA Petra (CZE)
MS 3 (6) MONFILS Gael (FRA) vs (9) CILIC Marin (CRO)

Court 1

starting 11:00
MS 3 DEL POTRO Juan Martin (ARG) vs (ITF) DANIEL Taro (JPN)
Not before 12:00
WS QF (10) KONTA Johanna (GBR) vs (2) KERBER Angelique (GER)
MS 3 (ITF) MARTIN Andrej (SVK) vs (4) NISHIKORI Kei (JPN)
MS 3 BELLUCCI Thomaz (BRA) vs (8) GOFFIN David (BEL)
XD 1 (1) GARCIA / MAHUT (FRA) vs (ITF) PEREIRA / MELO (BRA)

Court 2
starting 11:00
XD 1 BERTENS / ROJER (NED) vs (ITF) WILLIAMS / RAM (USA)
followed by
MS 3 (10) BAUTISTA AGUT Roberto (ESP) vs MULLER Gilles (LUX)
MD SF JOHNSON / SOCK (USA) vs (5) MERGEA / TECAU (ROU)
MD SF Winner of: vs Winner of:
(6) LOPEZ / NADAL (ESP) vs (7) NESTOR / POSPISIL

Court 3
starting ore 11:00
MS 3 DONSKOY Evgeny (RUS) vs (12) JOHNSON Steve (USA)
followed by
WD QF (4) MUGURUZA / SUAREZ NAVARRO (ESP) vs (7) MAKAROVA / VESNINA (RUS)
WS QF PUIG Monica (PUR) vs SIEGEMUND Laura (GER)
XD 1 STOSUR / PEERS (AUS) vs (4) MIRZA / BOPANNA (IND)
XD 1 MATTEK-SANDS / SOCK (USA) vs KONTA / MURRAY (GBR)

Court 4
starting 11:00
WD QF (5) BACSINSZKY / HINGIS (SUI) vs (3) CHAN / CHAN (TPE)
followed by
WD QF SAFAROVA / STRYCOVA (CZE) vs (8) ERRANI / VINCI (ITA)
WD QF (6) HLAVACKOVA / HRADECKA (CZE) vs KASATKINA / KUZNETSOVA (RUS)
XD 1 NICULESCU / MERGEA (ROU) vs SUAREZ NAVARRO / FERRER (ESP)
XD 1 RADWANSKA / KUBOT (POL) vs BEGU / TECAU (ROU)

 

Court TBD

not before 18:00
XD 1 (3) MUGURUZA / NADAL (ESP) vs (ITF) HRADECKA / STEPANEK (CZE)
not before 18:00
XD 1 (ITF) VINCI / FOGNINI (ITA) vs (2) MLADENOVIC / HERBERT (FRA)

 

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