Nadal eases into China Open quarters
4 Oct 2014 4:28 AM IST
World number two Rafael Nadal sailed into the quarterfinals of the China Open, his first tournament in 13 weeks, with a 6-3, 6-4 win over German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk on Thursday.
The Spaniard, returning from a wrist injury, won 85 per cent of his first service points against the German and took an hour and 45 minutes to seal victory and set up a last eight clash with Martin Klizan at the ATP 500 event. Slovak Klizan was leading 6-2, 3-0 when seventh seed Ernests Gulbis retired due to a right shoulder injury. Third seed Tomas Berdych moved up a place to seventh in the race to the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London after his 6-3, 6-4 victory against wild card Viktor Troicki despite a poor serving display.
The Spaniard, returning from a wrist injury, won 85 per cent of his first service points against the German and took an hour and 45 minutes to seal victory and set up a last eight clash with Martin Klizan at the ATP 500 event. Slovak Klizan was leading 6-2, 3-0 when seventh seed Ernests Gulbis retired due to a right shoulder injury. Third seed Tomas Berdych moved up a place to seventh in the race to the season-ending ATP World Tour Finals in London after his 6-3, 6-4 victory against wild card Viktor Troicki despite a poor serving display.
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