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Nadal eases into last eight
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04 January 2007
Nadal, who turned 21 on Sunday, set up a quarter-final meeting with fellow Spaniard Carlos Moya by sweeping to a 6-3 6-1 7-6 (7/5) win in two hours and 21 minutes on Philippe Chatrier court.
The victory means Nadal is still on course to become the first man since Bjorn Borg in 1980 - and just the second man in 93 years - to win three successive Roland Garros titles.
Hewitt had given the world number two a real examination at last month's Masters event in Hamburg and it was expected to be just as close a confrontation at Roland Garros, but an anticipated epic failed to materialise as a disappointing Hewitt struggled to cope with Nadal's power and amazing court coverage.
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