Roland Garros- Nadal Advanced to Quarterfinals and Obtained his 200th Victory in Clay
January 2nd 2012 Posted at Insurance
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This Monday, the Spaniard Rafael Nadal beat the Brazilian Thomaz Bellucci with a score of 6-2, 7-5, 6-4, and added his 200th victory on clay. This qualified him to the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, where he will again face his Spaniard compatriot Nicolas Almagro who beat seventh seeded Fernando Verdasco 6-1, 4-6, 6-1, 6-4 earlier that day.Nadal annihilated its fourth opponent this year in Paris, where he has yet to lose a set. This accomplishment has been optained by the likes of the Swiss Roger Federer and the Czech Tomas Berdych.During this game, the Brazilian lacked the intensity and confidence to take a victory against the Spaniard. Bellucci won three more games than Nadal but these were insufficient to stop the King of Clay, who despite giving up his serve four times, was still far away from the promising player of Ti employment law services ete.In the first set, Nadal served from the start and managed to take advantage with a breaking serve, but the advantage was short-lived because Bellucci tied in the fourth game. That was the wake-up call that Nadal needed to raise his game and not give any more chances to the Brazilian. He went on to win the next four games to close the first set with a comfortable 6-2.In the second set, Bellocci played better and complicated the game for the Spaniard. However, Nadal achieved the first lead in the fifth game (3-2). Bellucci responded immediately to put the score 3-3. However, a double fault allowed Nadal to get ahead again in the score (5-4), but he was unable to close out the game with his service (5-5) and needed a new break serve to end the resistance of the South American player. At the end, Nadal won the second set 7-5.