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.