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U.S. Open Tennis

News, notes and fun from the U.S. National Tennis Center.

Rafael Nadal moves into 4th round

Rafael Nadal of Spain returns a shot to

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 Nadal, the top men's seed, had his most efficient performance of the tournament so far, dispatching Gilles Simon 6-4, 6-4, 6-2, to reach the fourth round.

Nadal will face countryman Feliciano Lopez, the No. 23 seed, who advanced when Sergiy Stakhovsky retired with a foot injury at 6-3, 4-0 for Lopez.

Nadal is part of an all-Spanish quarter of the men's draw, with Lopez, Fernando...

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