Rafael Nadal enters semis with thumping win

PARIS: Thirteen-time champion Rafael Nadal of Spain entered his 14th French Open semi-finals with a 6-3, 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 win over Argentina's 10th seed Diego Schwartzman in two hours and 45 minutes here on Wednesday.

Nadal, who improved his match record here to 105-2, lost the final three games of the second set. He, however, regrouped in the third set, and, from a 3-4 deficit, he returned to cracking form to win nine straight games. "I started badly in the second set, then I was able to come back. But at 4-4, returning with the wind, I played a bad game and hit a double fault in the next game. I needed to play more aggressively and I did so throughout the rest of the match," said Nadal after the match. (IANS)

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