Nadal beats Mathieu

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Rafael Nadal advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2nd Masters Series of the Year, which takes place in Miami. The native of Manacor beat by 64 and 64 by Frenchman Paul-Henri Mathieu and emerges as candidate for the title.

The key to the match went into the service, the Spanish was very fine, took a 78% first serves and won 86% of the points with him, while France only got to 62% and won 58 percent. Were alike in aces and double faults, but not for errors and winners, Henri Paul had 18 winners and 23 errors and Rafa direct 20 shots against just 14 unforced errors.

Now be measured with the dangerous American Blake comes from Czech Radek Stepanek beat by 64 and 63. The series of personal confrontations March 3 to 1 against Rafa, who managed to win the last time this year at Indian Wells for 75 36 63, the other 3 times he won the U.S. Masters Cup in 2006, at Indian Wells 2006 the first time I crashed back in 2005 at the U.S. Open.

SOURCE: www.atptennis.com