World No 2 beats Spanish compatriot 4-6, 7-5, 6-1Nadal to face Zverev, Medvedev will play RaonicRafael Nadal beat Pablo Carreño Busta in three sets of gathering power on Friday night to reach the semi-finals of the
Paris Masters, and simultaneously shoehorned Diego Schwartzman into the upcoming ATP World Tour Finals in
London.
The Spaniard beat his compatriot 4-6, 7-5, 6-1, a few hours after the Argentinian collapsed in the first quarter-final in just over an hour against the mercurial
Russian, Daniil Medvedev. Nadal has to get past Alexander Zverev on Saturday, while the other semi-final brings together Medvedev and Milos Raonic, who was impressive beating Ugo Humbert, 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7).