No major surprises in Acapulco as both top seeds advance without many problems.
Nadal – Alund 6-0 6-4
It took 76 minutes for Rafa to defeat the world no.91 Martin Alund. Rafa started the match in ominous way to bagel his opponent in the first set to drop only 11 points. The second set wasa much closer encounter as Rafa won it 6-4 to save 3 break points and win only 6 points more than Alund (35-29).
The King of Clay wil play another Argentine (the third in this tournament) in the quarters as Leonardo Mayer defeated Kutznetsov 6-2 6-2. Head to head is 1-0 for Rafa
Ferrer – Odesnik 6-2 6-1
David defeated the world no.155 in 78 minutes. The Spaniard was just too much for the American that broke Ferrer once to be broken 5 times. Ferrer will play Lorenzi in the quarters (6-4 6-3 on Andujar). Head to head is 1-0 for Ferrer (6-3 6-0 in this year’s quarters in Doha)
