Friday 11 May 2018

Nadal 50 sets in a row on clay

Rafa Nadal (1) defeated Diego Schwartzman (13) 6-3 6-4 in the third round of the Madrid Open.  In so doing he broke another record.  His second set was the 50th in a row won on the clay, the most in succession by any male player ever on one particular surface. 

John McEnroe had the previous record, on grass.  


Other third round results:

Dominic Thiem (5) defeated Borna Coric 2-6 7-6(5) 6-4

Qualifier Dusan Lajovic defeated Juan Martin del Potro 3-6 6-4 7-6(6)

Kevin Anderson (6) defeated Philipp Kohlschreiber 6-3 7-6(6)

Kyle Edmund defeated David Goffin (8) 6-3 6-3

Denis Shapovalov defeated Milos Raonic 6-4 6-4

John Isner defeated Pablo Cuevas 6-7(9) 7-6(3) 7-6(4)

Sascha Zverev (2) defeated Leonardo Mayer 6-4 6-2


Women’s quarter finals:

Karolina Pliskova (6) defeated Simona Halep (1) 6-4 6-3

She will play Petra Kvitova in the semis

Petra Kvitova (10) defeated Daria Kasatkina (14) 6-4 6-0

Caroline Garcia (7) defeated Carla Suárez Navarro 6-2 6-3

She will play Kiki Bertens in the semis 

Kiki Bertens defeated Maria Sharapova 4-6 6-2 6-3

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