Cuevas stretches to Nadal, but Rafa continues the battle for first title in Bercy

Rafael Nadal continued his march to the first Masters title in Paris. Pablo Cuevas with 6: 3, 6: 7 (5), 6: 3 and the quarterfinals of the race. World number 1 won against Cuevas and secured a match with Serbian qualifier Filip Krajinovic, who surprisingly eliminated Frenchman Nicolas Mayu with 6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 1.

Pablo Cuevas made a serious resistance to Nadal by double-breaking the Spaniard`s serve and realizing 11 aces. Nadal, who never won the tournament in the Bercy Hall, again had knee problems, but he clenched his teeth and managed to overcome after almost two and a half hours of play. If you train hard, you have chances of success, I have won a lot in my career, but I have had severe periods of injuries, a lack of victories when I doubted myself, commented Nadal. I do not want to talk about my knee, please, I will play here, I will play in the final tournament analyzed by fixedfootballtips in London, I`m cooking for the matches, I have no problem playing in the quarterfinals, Whatever it is, I`m in the top`My major city for my career and I want to win, ` he added.