World No 1 Rafael Nadal went through to the next round with a crushing win, while Andy Murray and Robin Soderling also had no trouble advancing at the Australian Open on Thursday.
Nadal demolished American qualifier Ryan Sweeting 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 to set up a third round match with exciting Australian teenager Bernard Tomic.
While Nadal continued to march on, fourth seed Soderling again did not drop a set in disposing of Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1.
British fifth seed Murray cruised past Illya Marchenko of Ukraine 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 to also progress to the last 32.
Nadal is satisfied with his form, saying his serve had greatly improved from his opening round encounter with Marcos Daniel.
"I think I played a solid match. A few mistakes with the backhand, that's all," Nadal said. "My serve improved a lot since the first day, so I am happy with that.
"My backhand had a few more mistakes than usual and maybe I will have to play a little bit more aggressively, more inside the court. But in general I am happy."
Nadal stretched his Grand Slam winning streak to 23 matches going back to the French Open last June and taking in his victories at Wimbledon and the US Open. He is also chasing his second Australian Open title and 10th Grand Slam title overall. At last September's US Open he became the youngest man in the Open Era to achieve a career Grand Sl
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Nadal demolished American qualifier Ryan Sweeting 6-2, 6-1, 6-1 to set up a third round match with exciting Australian teenager Bernard Tomic.
While Nadal continued to march on, fourth seed Soderling again did not drop a set in disposing of Gilles Muller of Luxembourg, 6-3, 7-6 (7/1), 6-1.
British fifth seed Murray cruised past Illya Marchenko of Ukraine 6-1, 6-3, 6-3 to also progress to the last 32.
Nadal is satisfied with his form, saying his serve had greatly improved from his opening round encounter with Marcos Daniel.
"I think I played a solid match. A few mistakes with the backhand, that's all," Nadal said. "My serve improved a lot since the first day, so I am happy with that.
"My backhand had a few more mistakes than usual and maybe I will have to play a little bit more aggressively, more inside the court. But in general I am happy."
Nadal stretched his Grand Slam winning streak to 23 matches going back to the French Open last June and taking in his victories at Wimbledon and the US Open. He is also chasing his second Australian Open title and 10th Grand Slam title overall. At last September's US Open he became the youngest man in the Open Era to achieve a career Grand Sl
http://www.supersport.com/tennis
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