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Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal both moved easily into the next round of the Qatar Open with straightforward victories.Top seed and world number one Federer beat Evgeny Korolev 6-2 6-4.The 21-year-old Russian, who is ranked 53rd in the world, was making his debut in Doha. Federer had previously beaten Korolev twice, the last meeting in Basel in 2009 ending 6-3 6-2. Federer won the Qatar tournament in 2006 and has his eyes again on the first prize of 185,850 US dollars. Nadal beat 28-year-old Potito Starace 6-2 6-2. The Italian is ranked 62nd in the world and in four appearances in Qatar has never gone beyond the second round.Nadal, watched by his girlfriend Xisca Perello and mother Ana Maria Parera, hopes to get beyond the quarter-final in Doha for the first time.
