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Nadal's next opponent will be the Croatian Ivo Karlovic, whose aces eliminated Albert Montanes.

Rafael Nadal qualified for the quarterfinals at Indian Wells Masters 1000 first season with a win as India suffered against Somdev Devvarman, the world number 84, 7-5, 6-4 in one hour 54 minutes. Nadal's next opponent will be the Croatian Ivo Karlovic, whose aces eliminated Albert Montanes.

The Spanish did not come with good party standing. Ceded the first two games and was forced to play very uncomfortable, as showing his face at various times. However, the Spanish, not today showed his best tennis, he recovered and remained solid on serve, although Devvarman seemed able to return almost all the shots from the baseline.

With 6-5 Nadal broke his opponent's serve and earned the first round could not help launch one of his classics and confidence cheers itself ("Go!").

The second set was even and started numerous expressions of appreciation by the public to certain Indian beats, but with the score 4-4 and 0-30 for Devvarman, came the strength and fury of Nadal improved to give back to status and close out the match with a break of serve-and-white game.

Nadal, chivalrous, acknowledged the great effort Devvarman with an affectionate gesture after the greeting in the network, and the Indian retired California flag cheered. It was the first time that both players could see the faces. The Indian, who has made history for being the first country to reach the second round at Indian Wells, had bowed before the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis.

Rafa played with a size larger than your shirt, the result of debate in recent days seem to bother the Balearic Islands in their game Do not yielded the service at any time • The game was tougher than it appears the outcome • The 'Army' be present in semifinals

Rafael Nadal has qualified for the quarterfinals of the Open after downing Australia Marin Cilic. The number 1 in the world, which has ensured the defense of the 360 points scored last year in Melbourne, will play a ticket to semifinals against David Ferrer. The 'Armada', therefore, has secured a presence in the prelude to the final.

Rafa Nadal is one step closer to the reconquest of the Antipodes. The Manacor met its commitment to second round against Croatian Marin Cilic, a semifinalist last year in Australia and fifteenth seed at this time, by an aggregate score of 6-2, 6-4 and 6-3 after two hours of play in the match that opened the night shift at the Rod Laver Arena.

56 minutes to just eight games are proof of how hard it was the first part of the game despite what the scoreboard indicated. Nadal began the clash of the best possible way, with an initial break in a game which saw down and ended up winning 40-0. The Spaniard took advantage of the low efficiency of Cilic on his first serve and unforced errors concatenation of this in the early stages, to take an advantage, although difficult to manage, earned Rafa to play with relative ease. Sought to move his opponent, who bend down its 198 feet high with cut shots and moves from side to side of the track address changes. He saved the ball on the break that occurred at key moments, took effect two of the four ball break and knew that putting more twist when the sleeve as required.

Cilic endured for the duration of mental strength

The party, which was more tense that attractive, as he won in the second act. Rafa was forced to play with first serves because the danger of the rest increased Cilic. The Croat looked right strongly Nadal, his weak point when preparing his defense, while the pattern of the Balearic spent by moving to its rival. The two had their options for the rest, but Rafa was always key in the eighth game he managed to break the equality. He was solid from the back and suffered again to close the Croat, who finished giving a new break with a double fault.

In the quarterfinals, Nadal will need to check to Ferrer, who broke into four sets of Canadian Milos Raonic. Rafa and David, Nos. 1 and 7 of the ATP rankings, have been measured to date in 14 cases, with a wealth of 11-3 in favor of the Spaniard, who has won the last seven games between them. The latest data from the 1000 Masters final in Rome last year, where Rafa beat David by a score set but finally got the enterprise.

Cilic endured in the game until it allowed its fuel. Both physically and mentally, and I must get into the skin of a player who thinks back from two sets side by the number 1. Rafa was not to the great days, but it gave the impression of having improved substantially. Waited for the moment, which came in the seventh game to give the final blow. The last points of the match was a love and I can not 7-5 and 6-2.

Slovakia's Lukas Lacko played the match of his life before the Spanish • In the quarter-finals will take on Latvian Ernests Gulbis

With more work than expected, Rafael Nadal pulled out a commitment to the Slovakian Lukas Lacko, which endorsed the Spanish a 6-0 in the second set and extended to three sets the match, but that solved in the end the world number one to reach the quarter-finals in Doha (7-6 (3), 0-6 and 6-3).

Lacko, which closed last year since 89 of the rankings and, at 23 years, no flashy records (no final ATP), played the match of his life before the Spanish, against that had nothing to lose.

Nadal, who won with authority in the only previous game they had both played in the second round of Australia Open last year (6-2, 6-2, 6-2), he found an opponent grown. With extra motivation and significantly successful. Little to do with his tennis image offered in the first round match in which he won a lot of work to another Spanish Pere Riba (5-7, 7-6 (7), 7-6 (4)).

Rafael Nadal confirmed the difficulties that would bring the Central since the beginning of the game. Lacko broke the serve of the Balearic Islands in the third game. Although the world number one made up for the situation immediately. The part arrived the tiebreaker, which said Spanish fluently (7-3).

Finalist last year in Doha suffered after the reaction of the Slovak. Nadal is not used to have situations like the one he submitted his opponent. Extremely wise in his punches, he took the track world number one, who only scored eleven points in the entire part, which failed to join any game.

Rafael Nadal reacted strongly in the final sleeve. He stood 4-0 with a sense of power to return the result. But Lacko had not said its last word. With the impact generated by the Spanish, turned to demand the maximum. He went to 4-3, but could not withstand the final arreón Spaniard, who gave no further concessions and closed the match by breaking in the service of Slovak white (6-3) and after two hours and 18 minutes of play.

Nadal is already in the quarterfinals. Will take on Latvian Ernests Gulbis, who beat Croatia's smooth, from the qualifying round, Antonio Veic, 6-3, 6-1. Moreover, the Russian Nikolay Davydenko, fourth seed, knocked in two sets to Finn Jarkko Nieminen (6-4 and 7-5), to prolong the defense of the title he won last year and reach the quarter-finals in Doha.

Davydenko, who took an hour and 35 minutes to solve the commitment will face in the third round by Croatian Ivo Karlovic, who beat Germany's Phillip Kohlschreiber, eighth favorite, 7-6 (5), 6-7 (4) and 7-6 (2).

Rafael Nadal, world number one, qualified Friday to the quarterfinals of the Tokyo tournament by winning a double 6-4 victory over Canadian Milos Raonic

Nadal will face in that round to Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who on Wednesday defeated Frenchman Richard Gasquet.

The player cost Balearic get on with the game against Raonic, born in Podgorica (Montenegro), of only nineteen, whose main characteristic is that it has a service very powerful.

Real Madrid fan and the Toronto Raptors of the NBA, and that is the American tennis hero Pete Sampras, the Canadian was very uncomfortable as a rival on the fast track in Tokyo.

Nadal, however, was able to hold on to the track and showed why he is number one in the world, took advantage of the two breaking balls he had and saved the five Raonic granted.

The Canadian player started the match with three-aces- in the first game, but in the third, on his second serve, and was not as accurate and Nadal took advantage to break the service and railroaded the first round, which took 6-4 in 35 minutes.

In the second did not change the picture. Services prevailed until the sixth game Raonic had four ball break, but Nadal saved the first one 15-40 and then two advantages of its rival.

The next game the Spanish struck the final blow was situío with 4-3 and did not abandon his advantage to win the match in one hour and thirteen minutes with a double 6-4.

Nor failed American Andy Roddick, second seed, who broke into another closely fought match of France's Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 7-6 (4).

His next opponent will be another Frenchman, Gael Monfils, seeded fifth, who beat Italian Andreas Seppi 6-4, 6-4.

Meanwhile, the Spanish Guillermo Garcia-Lopez will meet in rooms with Serbian Viktor Troicki, who won the Austrian Jurgen Melzer, seeded fourth, by 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-6 (3), coming back from a 2-5 deficit in the third and last race.