Nadal defies mishap to sweep into Beijing semis

Rafael Nadal got some fibre from a tennis ball lodged in his eye but that did not stop the world number one setting up a China Open semi-final on Saturday with “great guy” Grigor Dimitrov. The Spaniard tamed the big-serving American John Isner 6-4, 7-6 (7 …
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