Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Nadal cruises, Soderling crashes in Indian Wells



Indian Wells, California: Rafael Nadal booked a fourth round, steamrolling unseeded Ryan Sweeting and looks primed to go deep in the Indian Wells WTA and ATP Masters 1000 event.
World number one Nadal on Monday, easily defeated Sweeting 6-3, 6-1, as the winner of two time to put any question about his recovery from a thigh injury on the left to rest.
"In this tournament I have a weird feeling," said Nadal. "Nothing really impressive, but I played solid. You know, I had no big mistakes.
"So I think that today more positive thing I finished much better than at the beginning of the match. In order to improve during the match is very good news."
World number four Robin Soderling was the victim of other seeds, as he suffered a rare loss this season with his fourth defeat in five career meetings against Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber 7-6 (10 / 8), 6-4.
Nadal, who took a sabbatical earlier this year to recover from the trauma of the left thigh, used a variety of precision is rattling Forehand and crisp volleys Sweeting wear down 68-minute match, the court center.
"Overall I was satisfied with his serve, happy with my backhand and my forehand is my best shot," said Nadal. "
Sweeting committed four double faults and handed Nadal's victory on a platter, when the American double-faulted on the first match
Spaniard Nadal advances to the next round where he will face India's Somdev Devvarman who beat Xavier Malisse of Belgium 6-1, 3-6, 7-6 (7 / 3).

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