Nadal and Roddick Advance in Rakuten Japan Open

October 7, 2010 | By Long Island Tennis Magazine Staff
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Top-ranked Rafael Nadal and American Andy Roddick advanced to the quarterfinals of the Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships with straight-set victories on Thursday. Nadal, who has won three Grand Slam titles this year, beat Canada’s Milos Raonic, 6-4, 6-4, while second-seeded Roddick downed Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 7-6 (4). Nadal’s reward is Dmitry Tursunov of Russia in Friday’s quarterfinals.

Roddick will play fifth-seeded Gael Monfils of France, who beat Italy’s Andreas Seppi, 6-4, 6-4.

Viktor Troicki beat fifth-seeded Jurgen Melzer 7-6 (7), 3-6, 7-6 (3) for his first win over the Austrian, ranked 13th in the world. He will face Guillermo Garcia-Lopez of Spain. The fourth quarterfinal pits Finland’s Jarkko Nieminen against Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic.

For more information, visit www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Tournaments/Tokyo.aspx.

 


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