Nadal rolls on at US Open, tops Dodig in 3rd round
Rafael Nadal defeated Ivan Dodig 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the third round of the US Open.
NEW YORK (AP) - Rafael Nadal crushed another opponent at the U.S. Open, beating Ivan Dodig 6-4, 6-3, 6-3 in the third round Saturday.
The second-seeded Spaniard has lost just 21 games through three matches. He has faced only five break points, saving each one of them.
The 38th-ranked Dodig beat Nadal at the hard-court tournament in Montreal two years ago. But Nadal is looking like the king of hard courts these days, with an 18-match winning streak on the surface.
He closed out the victory with a service winner to win the last game at love.
In another match of the day, 13th-seeded John Isner lost to 22nd-seeded Philipp Kohlschreiber in the U.S. Open s third round for the second consecutive year.
Kohlschreiber s 6-4, 3-6, 7-5, 7-6 (5) victory Saturday over the highest-ranked American means the host country has only one man left: 109th-ranked Tim Smyczek, whose third-round match is Sunday.
After beating France s Gael Monfils in the second round, Isner said he was "disappointed" that fans were cheering so vociferously for Monfils. On Saturday, there were chants of "U-S-A! U-S-A!" in the second set, and "Here we go, John! Here we go!" in the fourth set but Isner failed once again to figure out Kohlschreiber at Flushing Meadows.
