Rafael Nadal goes into Friday's semi final with a 3-1 head-to-head lead over his opponent Rainer Schuettler.  More importantly than past results, Rafael also goes in a lot more fresh with Rainer taking over 5 hours to beat France's Arnaud Clement in the quarter final.

Rafael Nadal has looked on top of his game throughout the tournament, only dropping 1 set.  His serve is unreturnable, his determination is 2nd to none and his fitness is peak.  Rainer Schuettler has done extremely well to get to this stage, knocking out James Blake and Janko Tipsarevic in the process.  But he has spent significantly longer on the court throughout his 20 sets, compared to Rafael Nadal's 16.  Rafael Nadal hasn't had much of a problem in his previous 5 matches, whereas Rainer had to come from 2-1 down to see off James Blake and beat Arnaud Clement in 5 sets this evening.

These 2 have never met on Grass before but Nadal won the last meeting at Chennai 2-0 last year.

Odds on Rafael Nadal are extremely small but betfair offer the best at 3/100.  But to make anything significant from this you will need to stak a fair bit.

Our recommended bet is to take Rafael Nadal to beat Rainer Schuettler 3-0.  Unibet offer 1.18 odds on this which is pretty good considering Rafa will win this match with ease.