Nadal Rolls Into Quarters; Nalbandian Tops Tsonga
World No. 2 Rafael Nadal dismissed No. 21 seed Alexandr Dolgopolov 6-3, 6-2 at the BNP Paribas Open Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals.
Nadal, the Indian Wells titlist in 2007 and 2009, saved all five break points he faced to improve to 3-0 against the Ukranian. All of their meetings have come at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 events.
The Spaniard is aiming to win his first title of the season, having finished runner-up to Novak Djokovic in the longest Grand Slam final at the Australian Open. The 25 year old will look to advance into the semi-finals for the seventh consecutive year when he squares off against David Nalbandian in the final eight.

Vamos Rafa!


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