Nadal Prevails in Tough US Open Match

Hard-serving Querrey fights back to test world's no.1 player
By Neal Colgrass,  Newser Staff
Posted Sep 1, 2008 6:17 PM CDT
Nadal Prevails in Tough US Open Match
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, celebrates a point during 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (2), 6-3 win over Sam Querrey, of the United States, at the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York, Monday, Sept. 1, 2008.    (AP Photo)

Rafael Nadal overcame feisty American Sam Querrey today in a grueling fourth-round US Open match, 6-2, 5-7, 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. Nadal was cruising 6-2, 4-2 when Querrey rallied to take the second set and lead in the third. But Nadal recovered, easily winning the third-set tiebreaker and claiming victory despite 20 aces from the hard-serving Querrey.

Now 42-1 over his last 43 matches, top-seeded Nadal moves on to another tough-serving American, Mardy Fish. Unseeded Fish landed in his first US Open quarterfinal match by toppling 32nd-seed French player Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-2, 6-2 today, the Sports Network reports. (More US Open stories.)

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