Rafael Nadal's attempt to win the French Open for a 10th time picked up pace
with a 6-1 6-3 6-2 third round demolition of unseeded Russian Andrey Kuznetsov
at Roland Garros on Saturday.
The
Spanish defending champion, seeded a lowly sixth this year after a run of
patchy form, showed the quality that has made him the dominant force on clay
for a decade, brushing aside his opponent with relative ease.
He moves
into the second week with an unblemished record and seems to be finding his
best form in time for a likely quarter-final blockbuster with world number one
Novak Djokovic -- the man he has beaten in two of the last three finals.
Rafael Nadal progressed to the fourth round of the French Open after beating Andrey Kuznetsov 6-1 6-3 6-2
The Spaniard eased past the unseeded Russian on Saturday to keep his hops of a 10th French Open win alive
Nadal celebrates at Roland Garros and waves to spectators after booking his spot in the fourth round
Before
that can become a reality he will have to beat American Jack Sock in the last
16.
'Things
are going better,' Nadal said on court. 'Against (Nicolas) Almagro (in the last
round) I played a good match and again today I played well and had positive
feelings. 'Fourth
round is very good news for me.'
Apart
from a dropped service game the first set was perfect for Nadal as he
overpowered the lightweight Russian.
Kuznetsov
did not hold serve until he was 3-0 down in the second set and although he
began to make more of a match of it he was outclassed as Nadal improved his
record at Roland Garros to 69-1.
Apart from a dropped service game the first set was perfect for Nadal as he overpowered the Russian
Nadal could face world number one Novak Djokovic in a quarter-final blockbuster at the French Open
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