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Patna : Top seed & 11-time champion Rafael Nadal, 34, Spain, and 2nd seed Stefanos Tsitsipas, 22, Greece, will clash in the final of Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell, an ATP 500 clay court event, at Barcelona, Spain, on April 25, 2021, both easily winning their respective semi-final matches on April 23, 2021. It will be Nadal’s 12th appearance in Barcelona Open final.
World No 3 Nadal drubbed 6th seed Pablo Carreno Busta, 29, Spain,6-3, 6-2 in semi-finals in 89 minutes. Nadal broke World No 13 Busta’s serve twice in both the sets. Nadal also won 5 games in a row during the match. Nadal, in all, won 63 points during the match to 44 by Busta, who had defeated 4th seed Diego Schwartzman, 28, Argentina, in QFs. Busta though fired 4 Aces in the match to3 by Nadal, who committed 3 double faults in the match.
World No 5 Tsitsipas thumped 11th seed Jannik Sinner, 19, Italy, 6-3, 6-3 in semi-finals in 83 minutes winning 3 break points and 3 games in a row during the match. The Greek, in all, won 65 points during the match to 50 by World No 19 Sinner, who had defeated 3rd seed Andrey Rublev, 23, Russia, in quarter-finals.