A good win for Rafael Nadal that has played his best tennis of the tournament.
Rafa has just conceded 6 games in the entire match to a very erratic Monfils (58 unforced errors!). The Mallorcan has never dropped his serve to break Gael 6 times.
The little injury scare
At the beginning of the second set Rafa had a little problem to his foot to limp a bit. Then nothing happened, but this will definitely remain a question mark even if Nadal was fine for the rest of the match
Rafa: I am very happy with my tennis
After the match the world no.1 commented “Tonight I think I played a great match. I’m very happy with the way that I played against a very tough opponent like Gael. So that makes the level that I played tonight better because it was against a tough opponent. That’s it. Just one very good day. That makes me feel confident, but I am in the fourth round. That’s all.”
Next vs. Nishikori
Rafa will play Key Nishikori in the 4th round. Head to head is 5-0 for Rafa.