Tennis news - Rafa Nadal reaches Barcelona Open final with two-set win over Pablo Carreno Busta

Rafael Nadal and Pablo Carreno Busta played out an all-Spanish semi-final in the Barcelona Open on Saturday. It was Nadal who emerged the victor with a straight-set 6-3 6-2 win, setting up a final on Sunday with Greek opponent Stefanos Tsitsipas, who defeated Jannik Sinner in the day's other semi-final.

Rafael Nadal defeated Pablo Carreno Busta 6-3 6-2 on Saturday to reach the finals of the Barcelona Open.

Nadal was coming off the back of his quarter-final victory over Britain’s Cameron Norrie on Friday, and hoping to make his 12th Barcelona Open final of his career so far.

He had little difficulty against his fellow Spaniard as he claimed the first set 6-3, before taking the second set 6-2 against his sixth seed opponent.

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