Nadal Cruises Into Beijing QFs, Will Face Isner Friday; Rublev To Meet Zverev
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Rafael Nadal collected his 10th straight match win beating Russian 21-year-old Karen Khachanov 6-3, 6-3 to reach the Beijing quarterfinals. Nadal, who won Beijing in 2005, won for a second time over Khachanov after Wimbledon.
Rafa will now meet John Isner who just beat the Spaniard in an exhibition match at the Laver Cup.
“Happy about the match today,” said Nadal. “I think I played a solid match. Tomorrow will be a tough one against Isner; he’s playing unbelievably well. I saw his match today. He played huge. So let’s see what’s going on tomorrow.”
Isner rolled past Leonardo Mayer scoring a rare bagel with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over the Argentine.
Alexander Zverev picked up his 50th win of the season with a 6-4, 6-2 decision over Fabio Fognini. Next for Zverev us US Open quarterfinalist Andrey Rublev who edged Tomas Berdych in three sets.
“It’s obviously going to be an entertaining NextGen match,” said Zverev who beat Rublev at 2016 Monte Carlo 6-1, 6-3. “It’s obviously great to see young guys coming through, but tomorrow’s a match against him and I’m ready for it.”
In the other two Friday quarterfinals, which were set on Wednesday, Grigor Dimitrov duels Roberto Bautista Agut and Nick Kyrgios clashed with Steve Darcis.
In Tokyo, the quarterfinals pit Schwartzman-Johnson, Gasquet-Goffin, Cilic-Harrison, Sugita-Mannarino.
FRIDAY BEIJING SCHEDULE
NATIONAL TENNIS STADIUM start 12:30 pm
WTA – D. Kasatkina (RUS) vs [2] S. Halep (ROU)
Not Before 2:30 pm
ATP – [1] R. Nadal (ESP) vs [6] J. Isner (USA)
Not Before 4:30 pm
WTA – B. Strycova (CZE) vs [12] P. Kvitova (CZE)
Not Before 7:30 pm
ATP – A. Rublev (RUS) vs [2] A. Zverev (GER)
Not Before 9:00 pm
WTA – [3] E. Svitolina (UKR) vs C. Garcia (FRA)
LOTUS COURT start 12:30 pm
ATP – [3] G. Dimitrov (BUL) vs [5] R. Bautista Agut (ESP)
Not Before 2:30 pm
WTA – [9] J. Ostapenko (LAT) vs S. Cirstea (ROU)
Not Before 4:30 pm
ATP – [8] N. Kyrgios (AUS) vs [Q] S. Darcis (BEL)
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