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Saturday 2 June 2018

Roland Garros 2018: Nadal in Round of 16.


 Tennis World number one Rafael Nadal of Spain is through into the round of 16 at the French Open in Roland Garros with a straight-set win over home boy Richard Gasquet.

The Spaniard, chasing an 11th title won 6-3 6-2 6-2 in one hour, 58 minutes.

Nadal, now 32 years, has now defeated the 31-year-old Frenchman in each of their 16 meetings. 

He will next meet unseeded German Maximilian Marterer, who defeated Estonia's Jurgen Zopp 6-2 6-1 6-4.

Third seed Marin Cilic reached the fourth round of a Grand Slam for the 20th time when he beat American Steve Johnson 6-3 6-2 6-4 in one hour, 34 minutes.

The Croat will face Italy's Fabio Fognini, who knocked out British number one Kyle Edmund in a five-set thriller at 6-3 4-6 3-6 6-4 6-4.

David Goffin saved four match points to close out his third-round tussle with Gael Monfils in just short of four hours after it was carried over from Friday.

The Belgian eighth seed defeated the Frenchman 6-7 (6-8) 6-3 4-6 7-5 6-3.

Meanwhile, South African sixth seed Kevin Anderson saw off Germany's Mischa Zverev 6-1 6-7 (3-7) 6-3 7-6 (7-4) to set up a last-16 meeting with Diego Schwartzman.

The Argentine 11th seed won 7-5 6-3 6-3 against Croatia's Borna Coric.

Courtesy of the BBC.

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