Nadal and Fognini reach the quarters in Rio

Rafael Nadal advances to the last 8 without much trouble. It took just 74 minutes for the King of Clay to dispatch his fellow countryman. The world no.1 broke his opponent 6 times to drop his serve only once in the 2nd set. Eventually Rafa scored 65 points vs. Montanes’43. Match Stats

In the quarters Rafa will play world no.48 Joao Sousa for the first time.

 

Fognini

The Italian looks dead tired, but he keeps on winning. In the second round Fabio beats world no.231 Pablo Cuevas in 3 sets -6 (6) 4-6 6-3. Fabio will clash again Dolgopolov in the quarters. Head to head is 2-0 for Dolgopolov.

Here the full quarters line up:

Nadal – Sousa

Robredo – Andujar

Dogopolov – Fognini

Ferrer – Bellucci