In the quarter-final of the Barcelona Open, it is the king of clay Rafael Nadal taking on fellow Top-10 Janko Tipsarevic. Nadal is looking to win his second title of the year.

Nadal, fresh from his first title of the year and the eighth straight title at the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters would be looking to continue his tremendous form on clay and also try closing in the Gap with the World No.1 Novak Djokovic. With his confidence on clay growing, Nadal is one of the toughest guys to beat on clay as he prepares well for the upcoming Masters events and the Roland Garros. He has a very good 22-3 win-loss record, indicating he has gone deep in all tournaments he has played. This is by far his toughest opponent yet in the tournament.

On the other side of the net is Tipsarevic, ranked 8th in the World. He has a decent win-loss record of 17-8 coming into this tournament and is striving to win his first title of the year. He is a fierce competitor with great will power. He has reached deep into some tournaments this year but has to convert. He has a daunting task ahead when he faces Nadal and would be hoping to play very well to have an outside chance of beating him.

This is their third meeting between them with Nadal leading 2-0. Their meeting took place more 3 years back with Nadal prevailing in straight sets.