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Rafael Nadal powers into third round of the ATP Italian Open

Agence France-Presse, Rome | ByAgence France-Presse
May 16, 2018 09:20 PM IST

Rafel Nadal recorded a 6-1, 6-0 win over Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia to ease into the third round of Italian Open in Rome.

Rafael Nadal powered his way into the third round of the ATP Italian Open on Wednesday with a straight sets win over Bosnian Damir Dzumhur.

Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his match against Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome.(AP)
Rafael Nadal celebrates after winning his match against Bosnia's Damir Dzumhur at the Italian Open tennis tournament in Rome.(AP)

The Spaniard won through 6-1, 6-0 in an hour as he targets an eighth title at the Foro Italico and first since 2013.

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Nadal lost his first match on clay in over a year last week in the Madrid quarter-finals to Austrian Dominic Thiem and as a result lost his world number one ranking to Roger Federer.

The 31-year-old, who claimed the 11th titles of his career at both Monte-Carlo and Barcelona, took the first set in 34 minutes coasting to victory in just one hour.

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The 16-time Grand Slam winner next takes on either Canadian Denis Shapovalov, 19, or Robin Haase of the Netherlands.

But he will not be able to take revenge on sixth seed Thiem who lost his second round match 6-4, 1-6, 6-3 to Italian Fabio Fognini.

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