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Nadal Wins at Wimbledon
Second-ranked Rafael Nadal advanced to the fourth round with a 7-6 (3), 6-2, 6-3 win over Nicolas Kiefer Saturday in fading light at Wimbledon.
Nadal, bidding to be the first man since Bjorn Borg to win the French Open and Wimbledon back-to-back, did not drop serve Saturday until 5-1 in the third set, when he was serving for the match.
The four-time French Open champion, and runner-up to Roger Federer at Wimbledon the last two years, held at love in his next service game to finish it off.
On Monday he'll play No. 17-seeded Mikhail Youzhny.
In the wake of the worst showing by American men at Wimbledon since 1926, with no one reaching the second week in singles, top-seeded Bob and Mike Bryan advanced to the doubles quarterfinals.
But the U.S. curse extended to Russian Dmitry Tursunov, who lives in California, and German Tommy Haas, who lives in Florida. Both lost.
Tursunov was beaten by Janko Tipsarevic, who upset Andy Roddick in the second round. Haas was defeated by Andy Murray, seeking to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since Fred Perry in 1936.
Other men's winners included No. 8 Richard Gasquet, Arnaud Clement, Marin Cilic, and Rainer Schuettler, the oldest player left in the draw at 32.
The tournament has been jolted by a series of early upsets that have decimated the seeding lists.
Six of the top-10 seeded men have been knocked out so far before the fourth round: No. 3 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Nikolay Davydenko, No. 5 David Ferrer, No. 6 Andy Roddick, No. 7 David Nalbandian and No. 9 James Blake.
Roger Federer's next opponent at Wimbledon is the last man to win the title before the Swiss star began his run of five straight championships. And beyond that could be a matchup with the last player to beat him at Wimbledon six years ago.
After a relatively easy stroll through the first three rounds, things could start to get trickier for Federer as he continues his march toward a sixth championship at the All England Club.
Next up in the round of 16 on Monday will be Lleyton Hewitt, the scrappy Australian who won the title in 2002.
The two have met 20 times — with Federer winning the last 11 dating back to the 2004 Australian Open and holding an overall edge of 13-7. In their only two previous Wimbledon matchups, Federer won in the 2004 quarterfinals and 2005 semifinals.
If Federer gets past Hewitt, he could face a dangerous floater in the quarters. Mario Ancic was the last player to have beaten Federer at Wimbledon — he did so as a qualifier in the first round in 2002.
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