Nadal, Andy Murray reach in Japan Open quarter-finals

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Nadal, Andy Murray reach in Japan Open quarter-finals

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Andy Murray joined Rafael Nadal in the quarter-finals of Japan Open on Thursday.

06 October,2011 03:48 pm

Defending champion Rafael Nadal beat Milos Raonic to book a place in quarter-finals of the Japan Open.Top seed Rafa Nadal ran hard-serving Canadian Milos Raonic ragged in a 7-5 6-3 victory to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Japan Open on Thursday.The defending Tokyo champion will face Santiago Giraldo next after the Colombian beat Russias Dmitry Tursunov 6-4 7-6 to reach the last eight of the $1.34 million hardcourt event.Nadal took a tight first set when Raonics biggest weapon let him down, the 20-year-old double-faulting before slicing a volley long on an aggressive charge to the net.Meanwhile, Britains Andy Murray has also moved into the quarter-finals of the Japan Open with a 6-1 6-2 victory over Alex Bogomolov Jr of the United States.