The King of Clay won another match in straight sets on the dirt, but this time… it wasn’t that easy, at least at the beginning.
Rafa was plying against the talented Frenchman that managed to break the Spaniard at the first time asking. Then the world no.5 found his rhythm to bring the opening set at the tiebreak when he won it at 2. Then Rafa won the second set without many problems 6-2.
”We’ll see how the day goes. For the moment, I’ve done the important thing, which is to win the first match,” Nadal commented . ”I’m taking it step-by-step. Let’s see if I can play better in the second match.”
Next vs Ramos
Rafa will play the quarters against Ramos that has defeated Nishikori 6-4, 7-6 (4). This will be the first match between these two.
