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Rampant Nadal barrels through Berdych to reach Open quarters
MELBOURNE, Jan 20, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Rampant Rafael Nadal continued to
scatter Australian Open rivals Sunday, barrelling past former world number
four Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) to tear into the quarter-finals.
The Spanish second seed is yet to drop a set and blasted out of the blocks
to win nine games in a row against the Czech. He then brutally kept his foot
on the throat to win in 2hr 5min minutes on Rod Laver Arena.
Next in the firing line is 21-year-old unseeded American Frances Tiafoe.
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