Nadal, Federer and Djokovic March into Rome Quarter-finals

Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic all defeated their third round opponents on Thursday (April 30) and have cruised their way into the ATP Rome Masters quarter-finals. Nadal played against Robin Soderling of Sweden and won 6-1, 6-0. Federer defeated Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic 6-4, 6-1 and Djokovic defeated Spaniard Tommy Robredo 6-1, 6-1.

In the match against Nadal, Soderling took the first set, but Nadal came back to win the match in 1 hr and 24 minutes.

“I think the match was really tough, if not the result," insisted Nadal. "In the beginning I was winning 4-1 but at the same time I could have been losing 4-1.

"I think I played really well. It was one of my best matches on clay this year or maybe even in my career."

Nadal will face Fernando Verdasco next. Federer will face Mischa Zverev of Germany and Djokovic will face Juan Martin del Potro of Argentina. The quarter-finals are this Friday, May 1st.

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