SHANGHAI (AP) — Nailista ni Rafael Nadal ang 14 na sunod na panalo nang pabagsakin si Fabio Fognini ng Italy, 6-3, 6-1 para makausad sa quarterfinals ng Shanghai Masters nitong Huwebes.
Umusad din si Roger Federer, seeded No.2, nang magwagi kay Ukrainian qualifier Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-4, 6-2.
“Of course it’s good news, and especially in this part of the season,” pahayag ni Nadal. “It’s better like this than having long matches. You save a little bit more the body.
“It doesn’t matter how long you are on court, (the) most important thing is be enough competitive to (handle) all the situations,” pahayag ni Nadal.
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Sunod na makakaharap ni Nadal si sixth-seeded Grigor Dimitrov ng Bulgaria, nagwagi kay Sam Querrey ng U.S. 6-3, 7-6 (3), habang haharapin ni Federer si Richard Gasquet.
Nagwagi naman si Juan Martin del Potro kay third-seeded Alexander Zverev 3-6, 7-6 (5), 6-4.
“For me, it’s impossible to lose a match when I’ve only been broken one time,” sambit ni Zverev. “The game where he broke me I was up 40-15 and I was just unfocused there.”
“I saw his frustration, for sure,” pahayag naman ni del Potro, makakaharap sa quarterfinals ang magwawagi kina John Isner at Viktor Troicki ng Serbia.
