By Chris Oddo | Wednesday May 9, 2018
Rafael Nadal stretches his run of consecutive sets won on clay to 48 while Simona Halep reels off her 15th straight win at Madrid.
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Keeping up with the game of tennis, by the numbers. Each day at Tennis Now we’ll give you a fresh set—without any further ado, here’s what’s happening as of Wednesday evening in Madrid.
48
Rafael Nadal extends his run of consecutive sets won on clay to 48, pulling him within one of John McEnroe’s all-time surface specific record of 49 sets on carpet in 1984.
6-6
Remarkably, that is Novak Djokovic’s record after 12 matches this season. Even more remarkable is the fact that the 12-time major champion has fallen to 0-4 in deciders in 2018. He fell to Kyle Edmund 6-3, 2-6, 6-3.
1
Simona Halep locks down the No.1 ranking for at least another week with a victory over Kristyna Pliskova and Caroline Wozniacki’s loss to Kiki Bertens. The Romanian will begin her 28th week at No.1 on Monday—13th all-time. .
15
Halep has now won 15 consecutive matches at Madrid and the Romanian owns a lifetime record of 20-5 at the event. She’ll face Karolina Pliskova in the quarterfinals.
8
Karolina Pliskova captured her eighth consecutive win with a 6-2, 6-3 win over Sloane Stephens to reach the quarterfinals at Madrid for the first time. Pliskova has won 16 of 19 on clay dating back to Rome last year.