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Nadal did not give chances Muller8-09-2011 |
Last year's champion Rafael Nadal (Spain) qualified for the quarterfinals of the U.S. Open tennis. Second-seeded Nadal beat Gilles Muller (Luxembourg) 7-6 (1), 6-1, 6-2 after little more than two hours of play. Match scheduled to begin Tuesday but was rescheduled because of rain. Yesterday Mueller surprise lead with 3:0 when
serve at the Spaniard's match was interrupted once again began to fall. In today's game was over, but Nadal did not give hardly any chances to their opponents. He managed to break back in the seventh game, then came to the tiebreak, in which defending champion gave only point of your opponent. The Spaniard started the whirlwind second half and quickly took five straight games, which prejudge the outcome of the second set.Myuler is activated briefly at the beginning of the third and led 2-0, but in the end failed to take even more game. Nadal conceded just 11 unforced errors in 43 games against an opponent that proved decisive. So the Spaniard expected winner of the match between David Ferrer (Spain) and Andy Roddick (USA) in the quarterfinals.