Rafael Nadal continued his quest for a third straight French Open
title with another straight-set win Saturday, while fellow top
seeds Andy Murray and David Ferrer also moved on to the
second week with comfortable third-round wins.Nadal is gunning
for a seventh title overall at Roland Garros and on Saturday
advanced with a 6-1, 6-3, 6-4 victory over Argentina's Eduardo
Schwank. The second-seeded Spaniard has yet to be seriously
tested, as he dropped just five games in the first round and four
in the second before Saturday's methodical triumph.
The fourth-seeded Murray cruised to a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over
Colombia's Santiago Giraldo, while the sixth-seeded Ferrer
powered past Russian Mikhail Youzhny in a 6-0, 6-2, 6-2 rout.
Spaniard Marcel Granollers, also outlasted Frenchman Paul-
Henri Mathieu, 6-4, 6-4, 1-6, 4-6, 6-1.
Frenchman Richard Gasquet struggled early before
taking command in a 6-7 (3-7), 6-3, 6-0, 6-0 victory over
German veteran Tommy Haas. Eighth-seeded Janko
Tipsarevic topped Frenchman Julien Benneteau, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, and
will next face 12th-seeded Spaniard Nicolas Almagro, who rolled to
a 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Argentina's Leonardo Mayer.
Later in the day, Canadian Milos Raonic was defeated by Juan Monaco of Argentina in a five set
thriller 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 .
Here are the results for Day 7:
[2] R Nadal (ESP) d [Q] E Schwank (ARG) 61 63 64
[4] A Murray (GBR) d S Giraldo (COL) 63 64 64
[6] D Ferrer (ESP) d [27] M Youzhny (RUS) 60 62 62
[8] J Tipsarevic (SRB) d [29] J Benneteau (FRA) 63 75 64
[12] N Almagro (ESP) d L Mayer (ARG) 64 61 62
[13] J Monaco (ARG) d [19] M Raonic (CAN) 67(5) 63 67(5) 63 64
[17] R Gasquet (FRA) d [Q] T Haas (GER) 67(3) 63 60 60
[20] M Granollers (ESP) d [WC] P Mathieu (FRA) 64 64 16 46 6
And here are tomorrow's matches (Day 8) :
|
Roger Federer(SUI)[3] |
vs. |
David Goffin(BEL) |
|
Stanislas Wawrinka(SUI)[18] |
vs. |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga(FRA)[5] |
|
Novak Djokovic(SRB)[1] |
vs. |
Andreas Seppi(ITA)[22] |
|
Juan Martin Del Potro(ARG)[9] |
vs. |
Tomas Berdych(CZE)[7] |
|
Treat Conrad Huey(PHI) / |
vs. |
Aisam-Ul-Haq Qureshi(PAK)[10] / |
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