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Your balance with the Italian player is unbeatable: six wins in six games • The Belgian Steve Darcis, 122 ATP ranking, will be his opponent in the quarterfinals

The Spanish Rafael Nadal, second seed, beat smooth Italian Potito Starace (6-2, 6-2) to reach the quarter-finals of Doha, the first official competition facing the Spaniard in 2010.

The world number two, who emerged victorious last week of the exhibition in Abu Dhabi, It took 72 minutes to re-imposed on an opponent who had beaten whenever they had agreed. They had played five times before, most recently in the Beijing Olympics, Nadal always triumph.

Darcis will rival in the quarter On this occasion the Spanish highlighted the distances separating the two rackets. He never had his serve threatened Nadal, who broke Starace of four times.

Rafael Nadal will meet in quarterfinals Belgian Steve Darcis, 122 of the circuit, which has never faced. Top seed overcame Liege Moroccan Younes El Aynoaoui 6-3, 6-1. The North African player, 38 guest tournament thus put an end to his career

After 194 minutes of game play against Nicolas Almagro, Rafael Nadal consumed another 140 minutes of play against Tommy Robredo • The Hostalric managed to win a set in the sixth Balearic matchup between · Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Rafa's next opponent

Rafael Nadal won the ticket to the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 in Paris (France) after the break in the second round to Tommy Robredo. The world No. 2, giving a better level than in their first game in Parisian land face Nicolas Almagro, the only survivor of the-Navy-in the tournament.

Rafael Nadal (2) beat Tommy Robredo (14) in the fratricidal duel fourth round of the tournament won by an aggregate score of 6-3, 3-6 and 7-5 after two hours and twenty minutes of play in the shock that evening opened the day on Center Court of Paris-Bercy complex. After a tentative first games where both players were studied from the bottom of the track, the remaining options came when they began to take risks. First it was Nadal in the fourth game, who moved his Robredo through from side to side of the track, enjoying a break ball that carried into effect. In the next game was Robredo who, dropping the right to take the lead in the points, posted up two balls that do not break materialized. The balance is not off balance until the eighth game, where Nadal, summoning the motto that always accompanies him (not to a single ball lost) struggled and worked a split that would earn post to take the first set of his locker.

Despite being the marker in his favor, Nadal remained concentrated as sent the script, but for the sake of entertainment ever to leave him out of authentic items for the archive. Robredo, however, threw in the towel at any time and still swimming against the tide, holding up the party across the network. Even managed to break the Balearic service in the fourth game, then bet on the attack from the bottom of the track, climb in and defend option was on the tape like a wild boar. Taking as a machine and defining with surgical precision, Robredo was able to match the race and force a third set.

After getting the first set in his favor after five previous clashes against Nadal, Robredo looked at Javier Duarte telling him from the stands that was the way forward. A path nevertheless difficult to walk because the world No. 2 did not give any respite option. Rafa again appear intractable on his serve and Tommy had to get the best version of tennis to keep your rope. Despite the marathon match, the level of tennis was growing. No margin of error. Against the Ropes, in the eleventh game of the match, the Spaniard double-faulted it meant leaving with 5-4 and Robredo to finalize the service crash. However, the Catalan will doubts entered the wrong moment and granted a Nadal contrabreak that which re-emerged phoenix, won three consecutive games (two breaks included) and sealed his move to the quarterfinals of the rhythm Come on. In the quarterfinals, expect the current defending champions: the local hero Tsonga.

Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (8) won the duel with fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon (11) by a score of 6-2, 6-3 in just 52 minutes of play in a crash played in the morning hours of the Center Court complex in Paris Bercy. Nadal and Tsonga have been measured to date on four occasions, winning three of the Spaniard and French.

Marin Cilic gave the big surprise of the day by eliminating Andy Murray in the second round of U.S. Open 2009. The Croatian, who signs his best performance at a Grand Slam, is measured in the quarterfinals to Juan Martin del Potro.

The Scot, with his defeat, lost to world No. 2 Rafael Nadal hand, which defeated Gael Monfils smoothly.

The Croatian Marin Cilic (16) beat Andy Murray (2) by an aggregate score of 7-5, 6-2 and 6-2 after two hours and seven minutes in the crash which closed the morning session on center court, the Arthur Ashe. The match was perfect for a Cilic very firm with the service and more aggressive than his rival, adding up to 35 hit winners. Murray, with a few more numbers than discreet, he was always against the tide and gave feelings of fatigue from the beginning of the crash. The British did not use any of the seven balls to break it did in the game and gave, in three sets, up to five of their services. With this defeat, Murray, defendñia 1,200 points last year final at Flushing Meadows last year, could lose his status as world No. 2 for Rafa Nadal, who recovered the second world ranking if he wins to Gaël Monfils in the second round.

In the quarterfinals, Marin Cilic will have to face to face with Argentine Juan Martin del Potro, who broke the Spanish Juan Carlos Ferrero for a score of 6-3, 6-3 and 6-3 after two hours and eight minutes of play in a crash on the runway played Louis Armstrong. Del Potro and Cilic only have seen the faces on one occasion in the second round of Australia Open past, a party that ended with victory of Tandil 5-7, 6-4, 6-4, 6-2.

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Rafa Nadal was classified to the quarterfinals of the Masters Series in Paris after getting rid of the French Gael Monfils in a match less clear what the scoreboard says, 6-3 and 6-2. French is the second defeat in two rounds after beating Florent Serra in a Round. The rival's number one will be the next Russian Davydenko who beat Czech Berdych in two sets (6-1 and 6-1).

The statistical break points was decisive for the fate of the party. Nadal took all three occasions before the break, while his rival who had missed the 9. Statistics number one.

The two precedents between Nadal and Monfils (Monte Carlo and Rome) were very friendly Nadal, who had not ceded, nor a set. But this was Paris (factor public) and fast track. Monfils, the world No 16 and semifinalist in Roland Garros, began the match with a poor percentage with the first service, its main weapon. So, too soon Break Nadal in the draw (4-2).

When the Spanish served with 5-3 to close the sleeve, Monfils lifted his head and, using a pair of forced errors not of Spanish, increased to 0-40 marker. With the patience of someone who knows upper back Rafa all three break points, and in September fell as ripe fruit. 6-3.

Pushed by his audience, Monfils disputed an emotional game, alternating gray. In one of the valleys of his game, Nadal took the opportunity to rob the French service of his second set. Then came the battle. Monfils was again placed at the service of 0-40 above Nadal. That fourth game of the second sleeve was the battle that finally decided the fate of the party.

When the game was complicated, Rafa pulled repertoire, going crazy with their services to Monfils lifted and the Spanish lifted the body up to 5 balls break, too hard a blow to the morale of French tennis player unstable.

The audience was silenced and Paris Monfils dropped his arms, lost in useless battles parallel with the judge and the hawk's eye. Nadal became the steamroller to close the shock by the fast track. At this stage of the year no one should be generous with the effort, every minute on the track tomorrow weighed on the legs. The Spanish came back to break the service of the French, and I hope the eighth game to go to certify their rooms with their service.