Nadal enters French Open quarter-finals

June 05, 2012 01:11

Second seed Rafael Nadal won 17 games in succession as he coasted into the French Open quarter-finals with a 6-2, 6-0, 6-0 demolition of Argentina's Juan Monaco.

The defending champion, bidding to become the first man to capture seven Roland Garros singles titles, will tackle fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro for a place in the semi-finals.

Nadal, who celebrated his 26th birthday on Sunday while title rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer were struggling into the last eight, took his career record in Paris to 49-1.

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