French Open 2019 11 Time Champ Rafael Nadal Cruises Into Round 3
Having breezed past Yannick Hanfmann in Round 1, the two-time defending champion and No. 2 seed (behind Novak Djokovic) looked sharp in a 6-1, 6-2, 6-4 victory that went beyond two hours. After hitting his stride with some blistering shots in the early stages, Nadal did not let up in the first set, and though Maden, a qualifier, seemed to have rallied after failing to hold at the start of the second, the Spaniard brilliantly converted another break point in the fifth game....