World No.2 Rafael Nadal wasted no time in his second-round match against American world No.236 Mackenzie McDonald on Wednesday as he cruised to a 6-1, 6-0, 6-3 victory.
Nadal was not in the mood to mess around with the American, who entered the tournament using a protected ranking after struggling with hamstring injuries for much of last season.
The 12-time Roland-Garros winner needed one hour and 40 minutes to dispatch McDonald as he punched his ticket to the last 32 in style lying in wait for the victor from the clash between Stefano Travaglia and Kei Nishikori.
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Nadal, in the process, improves to 95-2 win-loss at Roland-Garros and continues his bid for a record-equalling 20th Grand Slam title that would put him on level terms with all-time men’s leader Roger Federer.
The 34-year-old faced zero break points against McDonald and hit just 15 unforced errors in the whole match.
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Roland-Garros debutant Sebastian Korda shocks John Isner
Sebastian Korda, a 20-year-old Roland-Garros debutant, continued his impressive run in Paris following up his first-round victory over Italian veteran Andreas Seppi. The young player delivered yet another shocking victory over America’s No.21 seed, John Isner, 6-4, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 to storm into the last 32.
Sebastian is the son of former Australian Open champion Petr Korda, who was a finalist at Roland-Garros in 1990.
The youngster would next face fellow qualifier Pedro Martinez of Spain.
“I’m over the moon. I’m super happy with the way I played, the way I stayed calm. Yeah, I just played a really good match. Super happy with it,” says Sebastian, who is contesting just the second Grand Slam main draw of his young career.
In another centre, recent US Open champion Dominic Thiem went on to record his ninth consecutive match-win, beating American qualifier Jack Sock 6-1, 6-3, 7-6(6) on Court Suzanne-Lenglen.
The Austrian third seed awaits the winner of the second round between 28th seed Casper Ruud and former Roland-Garros junior champion Tommy Paul.
not really rooting for rafael but congrats nonetheless.