Nadal fights back to reach US Open quarter-finals
NEW YORK: World number two Rafael Nadal avoided the same fate which befell Roger Federer to reach the US Open quarter-finals on Monday with a 6-7 , 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 win over German 22nd seed Philipp...
September 03, 2013
Nadal, the 2010 champion in New York, stayed on course for a 13th Grand Slam title and will next face fellow Spaniard Tommy Robredo, who shocked 17-time major winner Federer 7-6 (7/3), 6-3, 6-4.
Second seed Nadal fired 48 winners and took his year record to 57 wins against just three defeats and his perfect hardcourt form to 19 wins.
He also preserved his record this year at the tournament of not having dropped serve, although he had a rocky start to the evening against the big-hitting Kohlschreiber, who finished with 49 winners but 47 unforced errors.
Nadal certainly had the 29-year-old German under the cosh throughout their last-16 tie, carving out 21 break points, converting five. (AFP)
