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 | Nadal in the semifinals after a solid win9-02-2013 |
Rafael Nadal, who played the first tournament after seven months of absence, qualified for the semifinals of the tournament in Wines del Mar, Chile.
11-time champion of 'Grand Slam' eliminate seventh placed Daniel Gimeno-Traver with 6-1, 6-4. First seeded will face the third Jeremy Chardy from France or the sixth Paolo Lorenzi from Italy. Before this week, Nadal was not playing a match of his loss in the second round of "Wimbledon" in June.
Injured tendon and inflammation in his left knee left the former world number one out of the Olympics and South Open. Nadal, who is 27 years old in June, plans to participate in tournaments on clay in Brazil and Mexico, before playing on hard at Indian Wells and Miami. After that forthcoming on clay races in Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Rome and of course, "Roland Garros". There Nadal holds the crown for the record seven times.