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In the quarter-finals will face Robin Soderling

Rafa Nadal has gotten into the quarter-finals of Wimbledon after beating Mathieu in three sets (6-4, 6-2, 6-2). The world number one, who suffered from his knees, will face Soderling in the next round.

It had a second round Nadal enough available for an event that came to the only question the performance of his knees. Mathieu, being a good player, not is much danger on grass and meet him around a second round of Wimbledon is a pleasant surprise.

The Frenchman hit the track with the lesson well learned: attack Nadal's serve. The problem for the Gaul was that the Spanish brought superbly and made very few cracks in their service. Mathieu only had one ball break throughout the match and, interestingly, occurred in the first kick Rafa. Once the number overcame evil start, it's over Paul-Henri Mathieu.

Over Nadal games began to feel comfortable the rest to the despair of an opponent unable to hold the rally in Spanish. Only a few sparks with the back kept the party crossed into French.

No option

Nadal, without any knee pain, remained very stable to throw at the continuing attempts to winners of its rival. The second and third sets did not have history. Mathieu suffering in each of their services, and Nadal walking without conceding a single break. In the end the match early and opted Nadal won easily, without suffering and in a game cortito (great news for Rafa's knees).

In the next round Robin Soderling expected to go into the match after being charged with David Ferrer in the fifth set. The Swedish and Spanish back to see their faces after that match at Wimbledon in 2007 where he mocked Nadal Soderling. Many battles have passed, but I'm sure Rafa has not forgotten.

Rafa will be reviewed: "I have something in the back of the leg"

A long hard day of tennis in the rain and the grass of the manor Queens Club in London was closed between doubts and surprises. Andy Roddick fell in straight sets (6-4, 7-6) to Israel's Sela Duda. Nole Djokovic sank against Belgian Malisse (6-3, 4-6, 6-2). Murray stayed with Fish with 3-3 in the third set ...

And Feliciano Lopez (6-2, 6-4 Benneteau) and waiting for Rafa Nadal in the quarterfinals. But after Uzbek Denis Istomin win, Rafa Feli decide whether to play or is removed after the physical tests he played this morning.

After losing the second set yesterday to Istomin (4-6), Nadal claimed the physiotherapist of the ATP. "I have something in the back of the legs," said Nadal, who showed signs of pain as was seen in the back of the thigh to the buttock. Given the flat sticks Istomin, Rafa went ahead and slipped on the wet grass which tries to adapt. The effort gave him to solve the first set in sudden death: 7-6 (7-4), but after giving the service a second time in the day, Nadal handed the second round: lost the first set from which Almagro beat in Madrid.

Dudas. With the gesture twisted, Nadal came back. With 3-3 and service, break up two balls. Without respite, Rafa broke Istomin service with a monumental passing and took to win: 5-3. That failed in two match points. One, an auction to range. Service again under Istomin, set and match Rafa sentenced to 6-4. "I ended better but not serve well. It was very difficult with the wind and wet," analyzed Rafa. But ...

Spokesmen for the Queens formed Nadal will be reviewed today in the buttocks before playing. "I do not sound good," they said. The order of play gives Nadal, Feliciano at 14:00 pm: pending review.

The Balearic only lost two sets in 19 matches on clay this season, one of them before their next rival in Paris, also Spanish, Nicolás Almagro • The Navy has ensured the presence of a representative in semifinals

Rafa Nadal qualified for the quarterfinals of Roland Garros 2010 after defeating Thomaz Bellucci in three sets. It was the 200th victory of world number two on the ground, the 34th in Paris and the 19th consecutive on this surface this season. His next hurdle on the Parisian clay is Nicolas Almagro.

In the preliminary round match, Nadal had warned that his rival, Thomaz Bellucci, the jewel of the Brazilian factory, verdaero could measure their fitness. It is true that the Spaniard did not play brilliantly, and was intermittent during the course of the three races contested, but ended bowed down to the South American player for a 6-2 aggregate score of 7-5 6-4 after two hours and thirty-three minutes of play in a clash played at the Philippe Chatrier packed for the occasion. "I'm happy with how I played today and the feelings are getting better," summed up Rafa, yes with a serious, even on the clay in the Central.

The game was hard, very hard at times, but at all times was the Spaniard who took the baton from the original game, which resolved with a break that seemed to draw a comfortable victory before a Bellucci unaccustomed to dealing in these rounds of Grand Slam. However, the Brazilian did not desmereción. Not at all, it left details of what may be a potential Top-Ten. At the moment, is ranked 29 of the world rankings, while Paris will well positioned to step into the Top-20 ranking. Bellucci is left handed, tall, lanky, with a good backhand and an extraordinary right. The Brazilian, while playing the attack, posed many problems for a Nadal intermittent able to raise the public of their seats with the typical banana-shot or be relegated to the defense by hitting two steps behind the baseline. However, the Spaniard was able to adapt to the circumstances of the party and was resolute in the most important moments of each set. That is why Rafa has achieved a pass to the quarterfinals without dropping a set in this Roland Garros.

In the quarterfinals, Rafael Nadal will have to face to face with Nicolas Almagro, who came winner of the derby against Fernando Verdasco in a crash nearly simultaneously played on the Suzanne Lenglen. Nadal and Almagro faces have been six times to date, always with victory for the Spaniard. The final duel between the two dates back to the semifinals of the Madrid Open last, where Rafa won by a score of 4-6, 6-2, 6-2.

The Swiss Roger Federer, world number one, and the Swede Robin Soderling reissued in the second round of Centre Court Philippe Chatrier the end of the last edition of Roland Garros in which the Basel won their first Cup of the Musketeers, in this time in the quarterfinals.

The Swiss Roger Federer, world number one, and the Swede Robin Soderling reissued in the second round of Centre Court Philippe Chatrier the end of the last edition of Roland Garros in which the Basel won their first Cup of the Musketeers, this time in the quarterfinals.

Also in second round at the track Suzanne Lenglen, Czech Tomas Berdych, Andy Murray executioner in the second round, look for the pass to the semifinals against Russia's Mikhail Youzhny.

In females, the Italian Francesca Schiavone look pass to the semifinals at Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, from 1400 hours in the Central. At the same time, be measured on the track Suzanne Lenglen the Russians Elena Dementieva and Nadia Petrova.