Nadal sweeps Krajinovic and moves to Indian Wells quarterfinals - La Provincia
The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal qualified this Wednesday for the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells tournament (United States), first Masters 1,000 of the season, thanks to your firm victory by 6-3 and 6-4 against Serbian Filip Krajinovic in 1 hour and 27 minutes.
With an effective game and swift of legs, continue 'in crescendo' the good feelings of Nadal in the facilities of the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Quite comfortable on the fast track of the No. 1 Stadium, the Spaniard barely gave options to an opponent that occupies the 113th position of the ATP ranking.
And is that Krajinovic was outdone from the start, disturbing the serve of the Balearic with a 0-30 that was a mirage. Nadal recomposed himself and also broke the turn of service of the Balkan on his first opportunity for it, consolidating the situation without scares and channeling the first sleeve.
At least that looked like the scenario, although Krajinovic had a reaction time in the fifth game (3-2). By breaking the service of his opponent, the Serbian glimpsed a loophole through which to sneak into the fight; However, Nadal continued with his employer not to get upset and He returned the 'break' immediately (4-2).
Taking the eighth and ninth games in white (6-3), Manacor made it clear to his rival that he would never be disturbed. So Krajinovic changed plans, choosing for the second run a much more performance over the network. And at least it worked to stop the Spaniard a couple of times.
Despite everything, the Balkan sold his serve in the third game (2-1) and did not even enjoy 'break' balls in his favor in the second set. Nadal accelerated there with seriousness and fastened the triumph by 6-4, showing a very good backhand and temper in their services.
In the next round, the Balearic tennis player will face the winner of the match between the American John Isner, ninth in the world ranking, and the Russian Karen Khachanov, tenant of the 13th position in that list of the ATP.
