Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Rafa and Roger into R16 at Indian Wells

Wednesday, March 18, 2015  , ,  
Rafa and Roger into R16 at Indian Wells

Rafael Nadal beat Donald Young 6-4, 6-2 in the third round at the BNP Paribas Open and will next face Gilles Simon who defeated Michael Berrer 6-2, 7-5.

The Spaniard's loss in the third round last year to Dolgopolov but that's all in the past.

“Last year is 2014; we are in 2015,” he said. “We cannot think about what happened last year in every round and in every tournament. Every year is different."

Rafa hit 8 winners and won six of his eight break point opportunities in his 80-minute victory over Young.

"I like playing here – I love the players, I love the organization, I love the fans here and I feel very comfortable. I'm happy to be in the fourth round… Tomorrow I have a tough match against Simon. He's tough, a good player.”


On the other hand, Roger Federer avenged his Australian Open defeat to Andreas Seppi 6-3, 6-4 and advance to the Round of 16, where he will face Jack Sock.

"It absolutely was an opportunity right away to play him again and sort of erase it to some extent from the memory as the season moves forward," said Federer.

Federer served six aces and hit 19 winners, but was only able to capitalise on three of his 12 break point chances en route to the 82-minute victory.

"I don't think we both played very well tonight," he said. "We both struggled with the conditions, the balls. I think it's tough to get ahold of them, the right way with the right spin. Maybe as you move along in the tournament, hopefully it's going to get better for me and for any player. It's one of those matches you're happy you're through, and I was happy it was over."



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