Nadal, Djokovic into Monte Carlo 3rd round

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Nadal, Djokovic into Monte Carlo 3rd round

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Rafa Nadal and Novak Djokovic stormed into the third round of Monte Carlo Masters.

19 April,2012 02:26 am

Rafa Nadal gave his troublesome knees a quick outing on Wednesday as the Spaniard launched his bid for a record eighth successive Monte Carlo Masters title with a 6-4 6-3 win over Finlands Jarkko Nieminen.The 10-times grand slam champion was joined in the third round of the seasons first big claycourt tournament by world number one Novak Djokovic, who thrashed Italian Andreas Seppi 6-1 6-4.