French Open - Men's Fourth Round
3 Rafael Nadal d 13 Kei Nishikori - 64 61 63
Rafa finally got a comfortable win in his 4 matches at Roland-Garros.
Rafa: Today I played a bit better than in the previous days.
He'll still needs to improve his level if he's to bite an 8th trophy.
Anyway after the match the tourney presented him a towering cake...
As the crowd serenaded him with a French version of Happy Birthday.
He is 5-0 on his actual birthday and improves his RG record to 56-1.
Rafa'll face Wawrinka in the Qf's - Stan hasn't won a set in 9 matches.
He is on course to play Novak in a blockbuster Sf match on Friday.
Most agree that the winner of that match will likely take the title.
Few Sf's have ever been so weighty - but I'm getting ahead of myself.
Rafa and Nole still have another match to win to get us there.
But they will. Of that I have no doubt.
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