Nadal one match away to regain World No.1 ranking

Rafael Nadal sneaked through Fognini's fabulous tennis. He was one game away from the loss when he was at 1-4 in the second set. Rafa fight back which he usually do, and win the second set with 6-4 and third with 6-1. And Nadal increased the count to 25 wins in the hard court. He is still the man to beat in hard courts this year. He will play Tomas Berdych who edges the big giant John Isner in the quarters. If Rafa win tomorrow, he regain the top spot after so many days. Last time he was ranked no.1 on 3rd July 2011.

"t's something that doesn't create more pressure for me. It's something that already happened in the past. If that happens again, it will be good, it will be special for me, but we'll seeI am going to have a very tough opponent in front of me. In the end, it's another match. True, it's a little bit more special for the circumstances, but nothing else. It's the semi-final match of a big tournament, I am going to try to be competitive and try to play my best tennis. If not, I am going to have no chance to be through. It is not the moment to think about No. 1; it is the moment to think about Berdych" - Rafael Nadal

On the other side, Novak Djokovic, three time China Open champion continuing his top game. The Serbian thrashed Sam Querry in the quarters with 6-1, 6-2. Novak will play against the beautiful single hand back hand owner, Richard Gasquet.

To get free points on your serve is necessary and needed. I played a big server tonight. I managed to read his serve well and managed to always make him play an extra shot. I think that was a perfect performance overall. Good combination between serving efficiently and returning basically every serve back. He was always one of the most talented players in our generation. I think in the last two years he's been playing the tennis of his life. In terms of consistency, he's up there. We're expecting a tough match for both of us. There is no question about it. I need to be aggressive. I know what I need to do against him. Hopefully it's going to work."- Novak Djokovic

Rafael Nadal wins an incredible QF against Fabio Fognini at China Open (rafaelnadalfans.com)

Rafael Nadal on course to reclaim World No1 ranking by end of week (dnaindia.com)

Djokovic: Nadal is top dog (standard.co.uk)

Nadal one win away from regaining world number one position (tennisaceupdates.wordpress.com)

Google's Stadia, the GAME changer!

Having a high-end computer or any one of the boxes (Xbox, PlayStation) is not necessary to play high end games in the near future. Recently Google announced a new product from its armory related to gaming at GDC2019, called Stadia . Stadia offers to stream the game in the web browser itself. The game will be loaded and run on the server side, only the video will be played on your computer/mobile. This can be called as Cloud Gaming or Game as a Service (GaaS). All we need is a decent internet connection and probably a subscription for Stadia. No need for any boxes. The traditional premium boxes will be second thought. Since they are expensive for a casual gamer, Stadia will be the best option to experience big games. High tech spec GPUs, high speed processors and all the expensive hardware part will be saved. Hmm, it sounds awesome!! This is another master plan by Google to rule the digital world. Already Google and it's echo system is way more penetrated...

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