Unranked Santiago Giraldo has made it into the Barcelona Open quarterfinals and will play No. 10 Philipp Kohlschreiber on Friday.
The pair are slated to play at approximately 12:30 p.m. EDT (6:30 p.m. CEST).
The game will be broadcast in over 60 countries (live streaming is available via the ATP World Tour website with a subscription, which costs $9.99 a day or $20.99 a month).
In Spain the game will be broadcast on TVE’s Teledeporte and La1; in Catalonia on TV3’s Esport3; and in the United States on the Tennis Channel; in Germany and Hungary on Sport1; and in Latin America on DTV y TC Sports (excluding Brazil but including the Caribbean islands)
Bein Sport will broadcast the game in the Middle East and France; ESPN International in Australia and New Zealand; Fox Sports or Taj TV in India and the rest of the subcontinent (Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka) as well as the Netherlands; BSkyB in the United Kingdom and Ireland; and Supersport in Sub Saharan Africa and the islands adjacent, as well as Albania and Kosovo.
Other individual countries are in alphabetical order. All broadcasters will show all matches unless noted otherwise.
Austria including South Tyrol (ORF)
Bosnia, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia (Sport Klub)
Brazil (Sports+)
Bulgaria (Bulsatcom)
Canada (Rogers Sportsnet; TVA Sports in French)
Czech Republic, Slovakia (TV Fanda, selected matches; Nova Sport)
Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden (Canal+ Nordics)
Georgia (GMG Sport)
Greece (OTE TV)
Indonesia (Indovision)
Israel (Sport5)
Italy (SuperTennis)
Japan (Gaora Sports Channel)
Korea (KBS N; semifinals and final only)
Hong Kong (PCCW)
Malaysia, Brunei (Astro Supersport)
Malta (GO)
Philippines (ABS-CBN’s Balls Channel)
Poland (Polsat)
Portugal (Sport TV)
Romania (Doice Sport)
Singapore (Starhub channels)
Switzerland, Canton Ticino, Lichtenstein (SRG, selected matches; Teleclub)
Taiwan (Sportscast Tennis Channel)
Thailand (TrueVisions)
Turkey, Azerbaijan (Sports TV)
Vietnam (SCTV)
Giraldo of Colombia stunned No. 3 Fabio Fognini (6-0, 6-0) of Italy in his second match of the tournament after Fognini retired due to injury, after beating Igor Sijsling (6-4, 6-2) in his opening match. After Fognini he edged past Dominic Thiem of Austria (4-6, 6-4, 7-5).
Giraldo and Teymuraz Gabashvili are the only unranked players left in the tournament. The other players left had a bye to start, meaning Giraldo and Gabashvili have played an extra game to make it this far.
Kohlschreiber of Germany beat Edouard Roger-Vasselin of France in his opening game of the tournament (7-6, 6-2) before beating Jurgen Melzer of Austria in his other game so far (7-5, 6-3).
Whoever wins this quarterfinal will face the winner of No. 1 Rafael Nadal and No. 6 Nicolas Almagro in the semifinals.
