United States international: Rafael Nadal does not drag on in the third round

Saturday, August 31, 2019. 16:31

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            <p>Rafael Nadal, world No. 2, continues his career at the US Open in autopilot: Saturday, he qualified for the round of 16 by dismissing the South Korean Hyeon Chung (170 and qualifying) 6-3, 6-4, 6-2.

"I try to be more aggressive and play less than before … I'm over 25," he said, happy not to have spent too much time (1:59) face to an opponent who returns from injury.

"I played well in Montreal (victory) so I jumped Cincinnati. And now, here I am! "He said.

The Spaniard semi-finalist last year (he gave up on injury) and triple winner at Flushing Meadows (2010, 2013, 2017), will face John Isner (14th) or Marin Cilic (23rd), winner of the trophy in 2014, for a place in quarters.

After an easy first round against John Millman, the Australian (60) who eliminated Federer last year in the 8th, Nadal benefited from the package of his opponent Kokkinakis in the second round. So that in total, he will have played only 4 h 07 and lost 16 games before the 8th finals.

It enjoys very favorable conditions since in addition to a lightened course so far, his half of the table was largely illuminated during the first two rounds with the disappearance of four top-10 players (Tsitsipas, Bautista, Thiem and Khachanov). He can meet Djokovic or Federer only in the final.

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