philipp kohlschreiber

In the first part Rafa was able to block the cannons of the South African and take advantage of the many unforced errors from South African to score the set "In the second set, Nadal had more problems and needed to get to sudden death · His next opponent will be this Friday German Philipp Kohlschreiber ·

The Spanish Rafael Nadal moved into the quarter-finals of the Rogers Cup after beating Toronto 6-2, 7-6 (6) to South African Kevin Anderson played in 102 minutes.

World number one started the match easily dominate Anderson, number 87 in the ATP rankings from the previous one. In the first set Nadal was able to block the gunfire of Anderson, a blond lanky 2.03 meters in height that serves hooked to 220 kilometers per hour, and take advantage of several unforced errors from South African to score the set.

But in the second set, Nadal was complicated by the party to lose your service when he went ahead (4-3) which allowed Anderson woke up and began to strip ball lines.

The South African was even up on the scoreboard (5-6) but to Manacor managed to recover the sensation of the first set and took the match in sudden death. Walking track after finishing the match, Nadal said the South African services "were difficult to control, incredible, very difficult to answer" but that in the first set played well.

The Spanish player was also satisfied with being in the quarterfinals on Friday where they will face Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber (number 37 in the world) who beat Taiwan's Yen-Hsun Li.

Romanian Victor Hanescu will be his next opponent in the second round

Rafa Nadal, world number three, got his ticket to the third round of Rome Masters quarter 1000 and second this season on clay, after comfortably disposing of German Philipp Kohlschreiber in two rounds (6-1, 6-3 ) and back to offer a high level of play.

And the Spaniard, winner in Monte Carlo recently, solved its debut at the Foro Italico, which seeking his fifth gold braid, with tough action and unappealable, as usual on his favorite surface.

Nadal came out very focused on the center court of the Italian complex, soon to remember the big picture offered last week in Monte Carlo where unceremoniously swept all rivals.

Sign your service and unapproachable in the rallies from the back of the court, Kohlschreiber was no antidote for the number three Rank, which ran over the first set (6-1), within half an hour.

After watching like a bulldozer had left him no options in the first race, the warlike Germany has set as objective pose a greater resistance to Nadal's game and focus more on its own service, adding games to go.

Missed opportunity

He even had his chance with 3-2 in their favor, with one ball break - the only one in the meeting - which was responsible for saving Nadal. The scare was dressed sentence in the next game, in which the four-time winner in Rome broke the serve of his opponent, the party on track and go to the second round.

There, the Spaniard will meet Romanian Victor Hanescu, with an eye toward a hypothetical intersection quarterfinals with an old acquaintance, the Swede Robin Soderling, the only player to beat him at Roland Garros, and also walking by firm Foro Italico.