LONDON (AP) — Kapwa umusad sa third round sina defending champion Andy Murray at 10-time French Open titlist Rafael Nadal nitong Miyerkules (Huwebes sa Manila) sa All-England Club.
Naitala ni Nadal ang ika-26 sunod na panalo sa Grand Slam, sa pamamagitan ng 6-4, 6-2, 7-5 panalo kontra Donald Young ng the USA.
Sunod na makakaharap ni Nadal si 30th-seeded Karen Khachanov sa Biyernes (Sabado sa Manila).
Nangailangan naman si World No. 1 Murray nang isang oras at 36 minuto para padapain si Dustin Brown ng Germany, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2.
“Until right at the end of the match, the last three games when I didn’t serve particularly well, the rest of the match I served well,” sambit niMurray.
“I was getting a lot of free points there. I served a lot bigger than I did in the first round which was good. He wasn’t able to attack my second serve like he tries to do. So that was positive.”
Makakaharap ni Murray sa susunod na round si Fabio Fognini ng Italy.
Ginapi ng seventh seed Marin Cilic ng German si Florian Mayer 7-6(3), 7-6(5), 7-5; nakalusot si Japan’s ninth seed Kei Nishikori kontra kontra Sergiy Stakhovsky, 6-4, 6-7(7), 6-1, 7-6(6).
