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Sports pictures of the year
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Nadal sails in fine style into fourth round
LONDON (Reuters) - Number two seed Rafael Nadal ran out an impressive 7-6 6-2 6-3 winner against Germany's Nicolas Kiefer on Saturday to reach Wimbledon's fourth round in fine style.
It was level-pegging all the way in the first set until the tiebreak when one precious early break by four-times French Open champion Nadal was all that was needed to give him the lead.
The German, who has never taken a set off Nadal in their three encounters, imploded in the second when the remorseless Spaniard broke his service twice and took a commanding lead.
With the sun setting behind Centre Court, the Majorcan lefthander, runner up the last two years here, went into overdrive in the third set with some awe-inspiring power serving and superb passing shots.
The players were treated to a spontaneous Mexican wave from the Centre Court crowd after Kiefer finally broke Nadal when he was serving for the match but it was too little too late.
(Reporting by Paul Majendie, Editing by Clare Lovell)
