Nadal sweeps into French Open last 16
PARIS: Rafael Nadal continued his pursuit of a 14th French Open title, cruising past Dutch 26th seed Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the last 16 on Friday (May 27).
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Rafael Nadal sweeps into French Open last 16
Rafael Nadal continued his pursuit of a 14th French Open title, cruising past Dutch 26th seed Botic van de Zandschulp 6-3, 6-2, 6-4 to reach the last 16 on Friday. The 21-time major champion will play Canadian ninth seed Felix-Auger Aliassime for a place in the quarter-finals, where world number one Novak Djokovic could await him.
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