MADRID, May 7 ― Rafael Nadal swept into the Madrid Open quarter-finals yesterday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alexei Popyrin, while Ashleigh Barty booked her spot in the women's final by ending the run of wildcard Paula Badosa. Nadal's path to a possible sixth Madrid title was cleared of second...
Spain's Rafael Nadal reacts during his third round match against Australia's Alexei Popyrin in Madrid May 6, 2021. ― Reuters picMADRID, May 7 ― Rafael Nadal swept into the Madrid Open quarter-finals yesterday with a 6-3, 6-3 victory over Alexei Popyrin, while Ashleigh Barty booked her spot in the women's final by ending the run of wildcard Paula Badosa.
A lone break of the Australian's serve in the second was enough for the 20-time Grand Slam winner to seal the win and set up a showdown with fifth seed Alexander Zverev. Dominic Thiem, the Madrid runner-up in 2017 and 2018, also reached the last eight after beating Alex de Minaur 7-6 , 6-4. The Russian had won his first match in Madrid in his third appearance on Wednesday, but the Russian was sent packing by an opponent far more at ease on clay.He has never won a match in the Italian capital, and he has failed to get past the first round of the French Open in four previous tries.Barty cruised into the women's final with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Badosa, as the world number one avenged last month's loss to the Spaniard in Charleston.
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