French Open: Nadal overpowers Sinner, reaches quarters
Rafael Nadal is through to the French Open quarterfinals, following a straight sets win over Jannik Sinner of Italy.
The King of Clay, who is bidding for a record-extending 14th Roland Garros title and becomes the only man to win 21 Grand Slam crowns, got off to a wobbly start in the first set.
The Spaniard was broken twice and fell behind at 4-2 before roaring back to claim the set 7-5.
The defending champion was dominant in the next two sets, beating the Italian 6-3 and 6-love to pick up his 104th victory at Roland Garros.
Third seed Nadal will next face Diego Schwartzman for a place in the semi-finals.
Elsewhere, world no.1 Novak Djokovic has come from two sets down to edge out Lorenzo Musetti of Italy in a 5-set thriller in the fourth round of the French Open.
The Italian surprisingly dominated the opener by taking it in the tie-break, before taking the second set in the same fashion.
But the Serbian ace found his rhythm and turned the tables on his Italian opponent to take the 3rd set 6-1 and then continued his ruthless performance in the 4th, finishing it 6-love to send the game into a decider.
The Serbinator, who is seeking to claim a 19th grand slam title, kept up the pressure as he took a 4-love lead in the 5th, before Musetti retired.
Djokovic will meet another Italian Matthew Berrettini, who reached the quarters, after Roger Federer withdrew from the tournament.
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