Rafael Nadal continued on his way to his sixth title in Madrid and reached the quarterfinals without any problems.
The Spaniard stayed on the court for 80 minutes, the Australian Aleksei Popirin didn't have many chances - it was 2:0, in sets 6:3, 6:3 against the 76th tennis player on the ATP list.
In the quarterfinals, Nadal will play against Alexander Zverev, who defeated Daniel Evans (6:3, 7:6).
The feat was done by Kasper Rud, who eliminated Stefanos Tsitsipas.
The Norwegian won 7:6, 6:4 and scheduled a clash with Aleksandar Bublik, who was better than Aslan Karatsev (6:4, 6:3).
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