No surprise for Rafael Nadal on the clay of Madrid on Thursday. No surprise except that the Spanish nearly does himself an unusual injury as he chases down a rifled forehand from Jarkko Nieminen in their Mutua Madrid Open third round.
Rafael Nadal rip an enormous forehand passing shot down the line for a winner to break Stefanos Tsitsipas at the beginning of their semi-final in Rome.
Here are the best hot shots of the week in Madrid, selected by the WTA. From Caroline Garcia to Kateryna Kozlova, passing by Simona Halep, Naomi Osaka, Beinda Bencic, Petra Martic, Petra Kvitova, Yulia Putintseva, Kiki Bertens and Ashleigh Barty.