So Rafael Nadal figured he’d be tucking into his supper just about the time Roger Federer was starting his quarter-final match. Abandoned by his first serve, pitifully weak on his second, with Nadal winning a crushing 71 per cent of points on those. “If he continues with that improvement, he’s gonna fight for the most important things that we have in our sport. He’s a good guy, humble.’’Yet Nadal had been merciless with Rublev — youngest quarter-finalist here since Andy Roddick in 2001 — invoking a strategy against the No. A grinning adios from Nadal: “I’m happy.

Source: thestar September 07, 2017 00:56 UTC