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Nadal eased into the last 16 of the Italian Open on Wednesday with a straightforward 6-3, 6-1 win over John Isner, while Iga Swiatek is on course for a fifth straight WTA triumph after seeing off Elena-Gabriela Ruse 6-3, 6-0. Third seed Nadal made short work of Isner as he bids for an 11th title in Rome, the King of Clay seeing off his American opponent in one hour and 17 minutes under blazing sunshine at the Foro Italico.
ROME (AP) — Once is enough when it comes to beating Rafael Nadal on a clay court.
Once is enough when it comes to beating Rafael Nadal on a clay court.
Rafael Nadal eased into the last 16 of the Italian Open on Wednesday with a straightforward 6-3, 6-1 win over John Isner, while Alexander Zverev beat Sebastian Baez. Third seed Nadal made short work of Isner as he bids for an 11th title in Rome, the King of Clay seeing off his American opponent in one hour and 17 minutes under blazing sunshine at the Foro Italico. A quarter-final loser to countryman Carlos Alcaraz in Madrid, Nadal can profit from the in-form teenager's absence in the Italian capital to win the last big clay event before the French Open later this month.
Rafael Nadal eased into the last 16 of the Italian Open on Wednesday with a straightforward 6-3, 6-1 win over John Isner, while Alexander Zverev beat Sebastian Baez.
ROME : Defending champion Rafa Nadal began his Italian Open campaign with an emphatic 6-3 6-1 victory over big-serving American John Isner to move into the last-16 on Wednesday.
Rafael Nadal is safely through to the third round of the Italian Open after beating John Isner 6-3 6-1. After Isner squandered the opportunity to break midway in the seventh game, Nadal took control of the match and was able to comfortably breeze past the American in one hour and 16 minutes. Ad/> Nadal will play Shapovalov next in a repeat of their last-16 encounter last year which the Spaniard won in a thrilling three-setter, coming back from a set down and saving match points.
No suele equivocarse mucho cuando juega en tierra batida, la superficie que más alegrías le ha dado en su carrera. De hecho, nunca ha experimentado una racha de derrotas sobre arcilla. En su debut en el, un torneo en el que ha sido diez veces campeón, no tuvo demasiados problemas para mantener esa tradición terrícola de ganar siempre después de perder un partido. Lo ha hecho, con esta, 44 veces sin fallo. El viernes pasado, hincó la rodilla en Madrid ante Carlos Alcaraz, que a la postre fue el vencedor del Mutua. Este miércoles venció por 6-3 y 6-2 en 76 minutos a John Isner. “Después de un parón duro, necesito construir el juego con la actitud correcta, y es lo que he intentado”, dijo. Su balance contra estadounidenses en las canchas que mejor domina es un rotundo 19-0. Y el jueves se enfrentará al canadiense Denis Shapovalov en octavos de final. «El año pasado tuve mucha suerte contra él aquí (3-6, 6-4 y 7-6 (3)) y sé lo peligroso que él. Necesito jugar mejor que hoy», admitió.