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Wins for Djokovic and Nadal in the Monte Carlo Masters

Friday, April 17 2015 by SNTV
  • Intro:

    Wins for top seed Novak Djokovic, Rafa Nadal and Marin Cilic in the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters in Monaco on Thursday (16th April).

    Script:

    Eight-time Monte Carlo champion Rafa Nadal faced a potentially tricky third round match, as he took to the court against John Isner.

    The big-serving American took Nadal to a tiebreak in a tight first set and led 5-3 before Nadal fought back to take it by eight points to six, saving two set points along the way.

    Undaunted, Isner stormed back in the second set, recovering from 0-40 on his serve to hold in the eighth game and then break in the next to go up 5-4.
    Isner served out to force a decider, but Nadal quickly won four games out of five to take control and after two hours and 20 minutes took the match 7-6,4-6, 6-3

    Number eight seed Marin Cilic joined Nadal in the quarter-finals following a straight sets victory over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

    The reigning US Open champion reached the last eight of a Masters 1000 tournament for the first time with a 6-3, 7-6 win.

    The 26 year-old Croatian's next opponent would come from the match between unseeded Austrian Andreas Haider-Maurer and the top seed and world number one Novak Dkokovic.

    Djokovic was in imperious form, delivering drop shots and topspin lobs almost at will, although Haider-Maurer managed to stay with him until he lost his serve at a crucial moment in the first set and conceded it by 6 games to 4.

    Djokovic hardly looked back after that and swept through the second set 6-0 to wrap up victory inside 57 minutes.

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