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On Wednesday night on the Foro Italico, world no. 1 and top seed Rafael Nadal faced a very tough challenge from his French opponent, Gilles Simon, before ultimately wearing down the 30th-ranked player 7-6 (1), 6-7 (4), 6-2 at the Italian Open in Rome. The victory lasted 3 hours, 18 minutes and began Nadals his bid for an eighth Rome title. Nadal hit 32 winners but just three with his backhand. Next for Nadal is 14th-seed Mikhail Youzhny of Russia in a match on Centrale Thursday afternoon not before 4 p.m. local time (7 a.m. U.S. west; 10 a.m. U.S. east; 2 p.m. GMT; 3 p.m. London; 4 p.m. CEST; 10 p.m. Hong Kong).
Posted on: Wed, 14 May 2014 22:19:33 +0000

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