Imperious Rafael Nadal powers his way through into Wimbledon quarter-finals
Rafael Nadal was in blistering form on Centre Court as he imperiously breezed past Joao Sousa and into the quarter-finals.
Sousa had been a surprise package, beating 2017 finalist Marin Cilic in the second round.
However, he was absolutely powerless to prevent Nadal from powering to 6-2, 6-2, 6-2 in just 104 minutes.
Nadal, who has two Wimbledon titles to his name, will play either Sam Querrey or Tennys Sandgren for a place in the semi-finals on Wednesday.
Is 2019 the year @RafaelNadal wins his third #Wimbledon title?
The Spaniard cruises through to his seventh quarter-final at The Championships with an impressive victory over Joao Sousa pic.twitter.com/Mn16MmomzB
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 8, 2019
Elsewhere, Nadal’s fellow Spaniard Roberto Bautista Agut is also into the last eight after he overcame Beniot Paire 6-3, 7-5, 6-2.
He will now face either Guido Pella or former runner-up Milos Raonic.
Follow us on Twitter @T365Official and like our Facebook page.
More from Tennis365:
-
-
EXCLUSIVE: Annabel Croft speaks to Tennis365 about John McEnroe’s prediction for Coco Gauff
-
Comment: Crestfallen Alexander Zverev is broken and he needs to find a quick fix
-
John Nicholson: How John McEnroe and two guys from Teesside helped transform Wimbledon
-
Wimbledon 2019: Meet the mixed-doubles dream teams, including Andy Murray and Serena Williams
-
Meet the brothers who struck a business deal with Andy Murray through their Castore brand
-
Latest
-
NewsAndy Murray loses to Illya Marchenko in Challenger Tour final
The former world number one was playing in his first final in almost 18 months.
-
Australian Open‘I don’t for a second believe they are faking injuries’ – Patrick Mouratoglou on Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal
Mouratoglou’s views on Djokovic and Nadal injuries.
-
NewsAus Open day seven: Novak Djokovic battles on, Aslan Karatsev rumbles on, Serena Williams multi-tasking
The story of the seventh day of action from Melbourne Park.
-
NewsNovak Djokovic admits he could exacerbate injury by continuing to play at Australian Open
World No 1 defied an abdominal injury to win.
-
NewsNovak Djokovic admits injury ‘not ideal, but good enough to compete’ as he battles past Milos Raonic
World No 1 came through in four sets despite injury.
-
Australian Open‘I am not a machine,’ says Dominic Thiem after his Australian Open campaign comes to a limp end
Not a great night for Dominic Thiem.
-
NewsSerena Williams, Naomi Osaka, Simona Halep all battle through to Australian Open quarter-finals
Williams, Osaka and Halep stay on course.
-
Australian OpenHsieh Su-wei pretends she is ‘only 18 years old’ and jokes she’ll ‘probably get smashed’ by Naomi Osaka
Hsieh Su-wei is on a roll at the 2021 Australian Open.
-
NewsGrigor Dimitrov stuns Dominic Thiem at Australian Open as he bagels US Open champ in third set
Dimitrov eased to a three-set win over last year’s finalist.
-
Tennis VideosWATCH: Nick Kyrgios pokes fun at Novak Djokovic by replicating world No 1’s trademark celebration
Nick Kyrgios has another go at Novak Djokovic.