2009 French Open whilst Fernando Verdasco beat countryman Nicolás Almagro and Robin Söderling, the 23rd seed, set up a clash with Nadal by beating David Ferrer in four sets. Ágnes Szávay stunned third seed Venus Williams 6–0, 6–4, and Novak Djokovic beat Sergiy Stakhovsky. Additionally, defending champion Ana Ivanovic, Đoković's compatriot, advanced convincingly over Iveta Benešová, seeded 32nd, 6–0, 6–2. Andy Murray led Janko Tipsarević two sets to love before the Serb retired. Schedule of play Schedule of play Day 8 saw Rafael Nadal lose his first ever match at French Open to Swede Robin Söderling, which ended his streak of 31 wins
2018 Rafael Nadal tennis season matches of Rafael Nadal in 2018, including walkovers (W/O) which the ATP does not count as wins. Per Rafael Nadal, this is his current 2018 schedule (subject to change). Rafael Nadal had a ATP match win-loss record in the 2018 season. His record against players who were part of the ATP Rankings Top Ten at the time of their meetings was 10–3. Bold indicates player was ranked top 10 at time of at least one meeting. The following list is ordered by number of wins: <br> Some of Nadal's matches had significant audiences on Spanish television: 2018 Rafael Nadal tennis