French Open: Rafael Nadal enters into a last 8 of the French Open.

Nadal enters into the quarter-finals after a win over American S. Korda.
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French Open 2020: Rafael Nadal continues his dominant performance in French Open with the win over S. Korda 6-1 6-1 6-2. This is the 14th time Nadal enters into the French Open quarterfinals. 

Now he is in the search for the 20th grand slam title and 13th french open. Italian Teenager Sinner stuns Alexander Zverev who is 6th seed in the tournament. Sinner won a match 6-3 6-3 4-6 6-3. Now Nadal will face Sinner in the quarter-final of the French Open. Sinner is just 19 years old. Sinner becomes the youngest player to reach the quarter-finals at a Grand Slam since Novak Djokovic in 2006.

Nadal is yet to drop a set in the French Open but he has yet to face a seeded player in the tournament. Nadal always gives a dominant performance on clay but in this strong wind, he also struggled. Rafael Nadal saved two break points in the first game and took breakpoints in the 2nd and 4th game of the set as he took a 5-0 lead in the first set. Nadal took the first set 6-1 in 37 minutes.

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Rafa took care of 2nd set with some very good holds and also took 2nd set with 6-1. In the third set American youngster broke Rafa's first game of the set and hold his serve to take a 2-0 lead in the game but Nadal stayed strong and won 6 consecutive games of the 3rd set by breaking the American's all serve. Nadal is Sebastian's idol and he is the son of a tennis star, Australian Open Champion Petr Korda.  

Nadal said," He has a big future ahead of him, and I wish him all the best. It's an honor for me to inspire young players and kids to pick up the racquet and step on the court. My entire generation has tried to give its best on the court every day and always improve, I am glad that we inspired the new generation."

He also said," Sebastian made some mistake in crucial points but the way he hits the ball is impressive. It wasn't easy to find the right shots in those windy conditions."

Rafael Nadal converted 8 breakpoints from 11 chances while Korda was unable to get an advantage on his breakpoints. he was able to get only one breakpoint from 6 on Nadal's serve.

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