Hello and welcome to LIVE updates of the 2018 French Open semi final between reigning champion & world number one Rafael Nadal and No.5 seed Juan Martin Del Potro. The players are due on Chatrier once the crowds from the Thiem-Cecchinato contest have cleared.

GAME, SET AND MATCH!- NADAL 6-4 6-1 6-2 DEL POTRO. Ten-time champion Rafael Nadal books his place in yet another Roland Garros final with a straight sets rout of No.5 seed Del Potro. The Argentine had a plethora of chances in the first set, but couldn't make them count. Once Rafa broke it was one-way traffic and the Spaniard served it out to 30 in just two hours and 14 minutes. The King of clay will now lock horns with the pretender to his throne, Dominic Thiem on Sunday afternoon.

NADAL 6-4 6-1 5-2 DEL POTRO. The giant Argentine holds to love to pose the serve-out question. Nadal up next to serve for a place in the final.

NADAL 6-4 6-1 5-1 DEL POTRO. Nadal is putting the finishing touches to this one. Delpo has been resigned to his fate for some time and offers little resistance as the world number one moves to within a game of the final with a hold to 15.

BREAK! - NADAL 6-4 6-1 4-1 DEL POTRO. Another supreme return game from the King of clay. The Spaniard scorches a crosscourt return-winner to clinch another break. He's closing in on another French Open final.

NADAL 6-4 6-1 3-1 DEL POTRO. Nadal faces his first real test on serve since Set 1, but never truly comes under pressure despite playing from deuce as Delpo's unforced errors prove costly.

NADAL 6-4 6-1 2-1 DEL POTRO. Juan Martin finally gets some respite from the onslaught. He digs out a love hold and gets on the board much earlier at the start of Set 3. Baby steps to making this competitive? We'll see....

NADAL 6-4 6-1 2-0 DEL POTRO. The 10-time champion is a man on a mission. He steamrollers his way to a love hold, consolidating with a trademark forehand winner.

BREAK! - NADAL 6-4 6-1 1-0 DEL POTRO. More majestic defence from Nadal as he counters a trio of first serves and corks a backhand winner up the right flank to break to love. That's a devastating blow for Delpo, who looks well beaten at this moment in time. Can he muster something from deep within to rekindle his first-set form?

SET! - NADAL 6-4 6-1 DEL POTRO. After the tightest of first sets, the second is a procession. Nadal is one away from a final showdown with Thiem as he serves it out to 15 to claim the breadstick.

NADAL 6-4 5-1 DEL POTRO. Delpo raises his hands to the cheers from the crowd as he avoids the bagel. He does it the hard way as a super overhead tees up two set points, but all of a sudden Rafa can't find the finish. A flurry of errors and near misses from the Spaniard help get the Argentine on the board.

NADAL 6-4 5-0 DEL POTRO. It's seven games in a row for Rafa as he saunters to a love hold. This set is all-but gone for Delpo, but he needs to regroup ready for Set 3.

BREAK! - NADAL 6-4 4-0 DEL POTRO. Nadal is in a hot streak right now. It's the backhand that does the damage as he hits three winners off that flank to snare the security of the double break at the second time of asking from deuce.

NADAL 6-4 3-0 DEL POTRO. Nadal makes it five games on the spin with another nerveless hold from deuce as he saves the seventh break point against him with a super inside-out forehand winner.

BREAK! - NADAL 6-4 2-0 DEL POTRO. A forehand winner up the line tees up a chance at 0-30. Delpo then blazes an easy forehand into the net and it's triple break point. Nadal defends like the title itself is on the point and his opponent again capitulates with an error into the net. Del Potro needs to respond quick now to halt Rafa's growing momentum.