Thursday, April 17, 2014

Easy does it for the top three in Monte-Carlo



Trio Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Stanislas Wawrinka have all kept their title hopes Monte Carlo Masters victories Wednesday.

The three players , seeded first, third and fourth respectively , all progressed to the third round in three sets , with the world number one Nadal too strong to prove Teymuraz Gabashvili .Go in search of a ninth title in Monte Carlo after being crowned champion eight consecutive years between 2005 and 2012 , Nadal swept aside Russia 6-4 6-1 and was joined in the next round ATP Masters 1000 clay case by Wawrinka .2014 Australian Open winner progressed with a 6-0 victory over Marin Cilic 6-2 , while Federer was three times a finalist in the competition, beat Radek Stepanek .Federer took a wildcard to appear at the event for the first time since 2011 and ensured a happy return with a 6-1 6-2 victory .Eight seed Milos Raonic of Canada recovered from an early setback to see Yen -Hsun Lu 6-7 ( 4-7) 6-2 6-1 , while there were straight victories together to Lukas Rosol and Fabio number Fognini .The duo saw qualifier Michael Llodra and Spanish world number 45 Roberto Bautista Agut respectively .Andreas Seppi , plus send 13 seed Mikhail Youzhny in the first round , rose after a marathon 7-6 (7-5 ) 5-7 6-4 Pablo Andujar .After nearly two and 50 minutes on the court hours , reward the Italian is a meeting with Nadal.Spanish compatriot Tommy Robredo Andujar recovered from a poor first set of progress , defeating Julien Benneteau 4-6 6-0 6-1 to book a clash with Raonic .Grigor Dimitrov is safely through after the entry of a set down against Albert Ramos, while Nicolas Almagro received an easier time of it as he ended the campaign of Nicolas Mahut .Guillermo Garcia- Lopez and Pablo Carreno Busta rounded game of the day because they have accumulated victories Alexandr Dolgopolov on all right and Gael Monfils , respectively.World number 38 Garcia- Lopez 7-5 6-1 winner was Carreno Busta and now looks ahead to a third waist clash with second seed Novak Djokovic.

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