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Summary Rafael Nadal nad Andy Murray stormed into quarter-final of Barcelona Open.
Rafael Nadal recorded his 31st consecutive win at his home Barcelona Open on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals at the expense of Colombian qualifier Robert Farah 6-2, 6-3.Spains world number two improved his near-impeccable record at the event to 32-1 as he aims to lift a seventh title from his last eight appearances.His only loss came in 2003 against the countrys current Davis Cup captain Alex Corretja.Top seed Nadal, who is now 24-3 on the season, has not broken sweat since making history at the weekend by clinching his eighth straight title in Monte Carlo where he beat world number one Novak Djokovic.Second seed Andy Murray crushed Colombias Santiago Giraldo in a powerful 6-1, 6-2 display to set up a showdown with Milos Raonic.Murray, a quarter-finalist a week ago in Monte Carlo, reached the last eight again as he builds for the French Open next month.Murray and number 25 Raonic, who put out two-time semi-finalist Nicolas Almagro 6-3, 6-3, had been due to meet in Miami in March, but the Canadian suffered an injury and handed the Scotsman a walkover third-round win.
