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Nadal crushes Chardy to reach Rome third round
ROME, May 16, 2019 (BSS/AFP) – Defending champion Rafael Nadal lost just
one game as he crushed France’s Jeremy Chardy in straight sets to advance to
the third round of the Italian Open on Thursday.
The eight-time Rome champion won 6-0, 6-1 and next meets Georgian Nikoloz
Basilashvili, the 14th seed, later in the day for a place in the quarter-
finals after rain delays wiped out play on Wednesday in the joint ATP and WTA
tournament.
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