Caen all but Rafa

(Source: pobladores.lycos.es)

Gray day for Spanish players in the 2nd year Masters Series in Miami. For the 3rd round of the tournament to be played on cement fell 3 of the 4 Spanish who played on Sunday.

The clothing was saved Rafael Nadal, proving he is the number 2 in the world, beat German Nicolas Kiefer 62 64. Rafa was accurate with the first serve, won 79 percent of the points I played with him, commented 21 shots winners and 16 unforced errors in his game that lasted 91 minutes. Now the Mallorcan faces Frenchman Paul Henri Mathieu, No. 16 seeding.

Juan Carlos Ferrero were dismissed early from the tournament against the dangerous Czech Tomas Berdych for a blunt 61 63, the mosquito had an afternoon to forget as only winners hit 5 shots and made 17 unforced errors.

Another was that the fight but lost to Feliciano Lopez Russian Dmitry Tursunov 46 63 64 in 130 minutes of play in a game that is dominated by aces, 13 for the Iberian and 11 for Russian.

Charlie Moya was also falling out with the Frenchman Mathieu (rival Nadal) in a tight 76 75.

Remember that today Nico Almagro faces Russian Mikhail Youzhny.