article_snippet.sent: Neymar (left) poses for a photo with Rafael Nadal at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday .
article_snippet.sent: The tournament's second seed was watched by Barcelona star Neymar - fresh from Neymar two-goal salvo vs PSG .
article_snippet.sent: Rafael Nadal is looking to rediscover Neymar best form on the red dust ahead of the French Open next month .
article_snippet.sent: Nadal, whose 2014 season was wrecked by illness and injury, is looking to rediscover his best form on the red dust the red dust before Rafael Nadal makes a bid for a record-extending 10th French Open crown starting at the end of next month.
article_snippet.sent: No 1 Novak Djokovic in the semi-finals of last week's Monte Carlo Masters and many are tipping the Serb to end Neymar Spanish rival's stranglehold at Roland Garros.
article_snippet.sent: Rafael Nadal will play 13th seed Fabio Fognini of Italy or Russian qualifier Andrey Rublev on Thursday for a place in Friday's quarter-finals.
article_snippet.sent: Rafael Nadal will play 13th seed Fabio Fognini of Italy or Russian qualifier Andrey Rublev on Thursday Fabio Fognini Italy Thursday .