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Mexico Open: Nadal advances to quarterfinals

Thursday, 02 March 2017 9:16 AM [ Last Update: Thursday, 02 March 2017 9:17 AM ]

Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal returns the ball to Italian tennis player Paolo Lorenzi during the third day of the Mexican Tennis Open, in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on March 1, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Rafael Nadal has thrashed Italian Paolo Lorenzi 6-1, 6-1 to advance to the Mexican Open quarterfinals.

The Spaniard won the tournament in 2005 and 20-13 and has a 12-match winning streak in the event. Nadal will face Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka, who beat Australia's Jordan Thompson 6-4, 3-6, 6-Love.

Italian tennis player Paolo Lorenzi returns the ball to Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal during the third day of the Mexican Tennis Open, in Acapulco, Guerrero State, Mexico, on March 1, 2017. (Photo by AFP)

Nadal is playing in his first tournament since losing to Roger Federer in the Australian Open final. Nadal is seeded second in the tournament, an Open 500 hard-court event that is loaded with a draw that also includes Serbian star Novak Djokovic and Croatia's Marin Cilic.

Meanwhile, Marin Chilich of Croatia beat countryman Borna Courich 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 in the second round of the Mexican Open on Wednesday. world number 8 reached the quarterfinals for the second tournament in a row. Cilic will play Steve Johnson on Friday.

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