Madrid Open: Nadal beat Wawrinka to reach semifinal

Madrid: Spain's Rafael Nadal produced his best performance since the start of the clay court season to defeat Switzerland's Stan Wawrinka 6-1, 6-2 in the quarter-finals of the Mutua Madrid Open. Backed by a partisan Spanish crowd, Nadal on Friday dispatched the Swiss veteran in just an hour and eight minutes and will move on to the last four of the competition, where he will face Greece's Stefanos Tsitsipas.