<p>Petra Kvitova who came through an all-Czech semifinal with Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (4), 6-3 to enter the summit round of the Madrid Open.</p>.<p>A key moment came in the eighth game of the first set when Kvitova landed an impressive forehand to force the game to deuce and prevent Pliskova taking a 5-3 lead.</p>.<p>The two-time Madrid champion eventually broke her compatriot to level the first set and edged the tiebreak as Pliskova double-faulted to hand her a two-point advantage which Kvitova pounced on.</p>.<p>Kvitova carried that momentum into the second set and closed the match out when Pliskova could only smash a backhand beyond the baseline. Kvitova will face Kiki Bertens of Netherlands in the final. </p>.<p>In the men's section, British number one Kyle Edmund's Madrid adventure ended with a 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4 loss to Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov, who will face Alexander Zverev in Saturday's other semifinal after the German overcame American John Isner 6-4, 7-5.</p>.<p>Edmund knocked out former world number one Novak Djokovic in the second round and 10th-ranked David Goffin in the last 16 but finally succumbed to 19-year-old Shapovalov after saving a match point in the second as he went on to level the match.</p>.<p>Zverev only surrendered six service points against Isner and won 30 when facing serve, taking advantage of the American's physical struggles as the match progressed.</p>.<p>Rafael Nadal suffered his first clay-court defeat in almost a year when the world number one was shocked 7-5, 6-3 by Austria's Dominic Thiem in quarterfinals.</p>.<p>Defending champion Nadal, who came into the tournament having won both Monte Carlo and Barcelona for an 11th time, also saw his record 50-set winning streak on clay ended by the fifth-seeded Thiem.</p>.<p>Thiem, the runner-up to the great Spaniard in the 2017 Madrid final, had been the last player to defeat Nadal on clay at the 2017 Italian Open in Rome -- 357 days ago.</p>.<p>The shock result also means that Roger Federer will reclaim the world number one ranking on Monday.</p>.<p>"A player like Dominic has a lot of potential. Whenever he plays really well, it's very difficult to stop him," admitted Nadal.</p>.<p>"He played well and I didn't play well. We're not playing a game where the differences are big or massive. The differences are very small."</p>.<p>Five-time Madrid winner Nadal, who will be bidding for an 11th French Open title in Paris later this month, had won his previous 21 matches on clay.</p>
<p>Petra Kvitova who came through an all-Czech semifinal with Karolina Pliskova 7-6 (4), 6-3 to enter the summit round of the Madrid Open.</p>.<p>A key moment came in the eighth game of the first set when Kvitova landed an impressive forehand to force the game to deuce and prevent Pliskova taking a 5-3 lead.</p>.<p>The two-time Madrid champion eventually broke her compatriot to level the first set and edged the tiebreak as Pliskova double-faulted to hand her a two-point advantage which Kvitova pounced on.</p>.<p>Kvitova carried that momentum into the second set and closed the match out when Pliskova could only smash a backhand beyond the baseline. Kvitova will face Kiki Bertens of Netherlands in the final. </p>.<p>In the men's section, British number one Kyle Edmund's Madrid adventure ended with a 7-5, 6-7 (6), 6-4 loss to Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov, who will face Alexander Zverev in Saturday's other semifinal after the German overcame American John Isner 6-4, 7-5.</p>.<p>Edmund knocked out former world number one Novak Djokovic in the second round and 10th-ranked David Goffin in the last 16 but finally succumbed to 19-year-old Shapovalov after saving a match point in the second as he went on to level the match.</p>.<p>Zverev only surrendered six service points against Isner and won 30 when facing serve, taking advantage of the American's physical struggles as the match progressed.</p>.<p>Rafael Nadal suffered his first clay-court defeat in almost a year when the world number one was shocked 7-5, 6-3 by Austria's Dominic Thiem in quarterfinals.</p>.<p>Defending champion Nadal, who came into the tournament having won both Monte Carlo and Barcelona for an 11th time, also saw his record 50-set winning streak on clay ended by the fifth-seeded Thiem.</p>.<p>Thiem, the runner-up to the great Spaniard in the 2017 Madrid final, had been the last player to defeat Nadal on clay at the 2017 Italian Open in Rome -- 357 days ago.</p>.<p>The shock result also means that Roger Federer will reclaim the world number one ranking on Monday.</p>.<p>"A player like Dominic has a lot of potential. Whenever he plays really well, it's very difficult to stop him," admitted Nadal.</p>.<p>"He played well and I didn't play well. We're not playing a game where the differences are big or massive. The differences are very small."</p>.<p>Five-time Madrid winner Nadal, who will be bidding for an 11th French Open title in Paris later this month, had won his previous 21 matches on clay.</p>