Tennis-Nadal scripts best start to a season, Medvedev keeps No.1 in sights


  • Tennis
  • Thursday, 24 Feb 2022

Tennis - ATP 500 - Abierto Mexicano - The Fairmont Acapulco Princess, Acapulco, Mexico - February 23, 2022 Russia's Daniil Medvedev in action during his round of 16 match against Spain's Pablo Andujar REUTERS/Henry Romero

(Reuters) -Rafa Nadal extended his winning run in 2022 to 12 matches in his best start to a season in his career, dismissing American Stefan Kozlov 6-0 6-3 in Acapulco on Wednesday to reach the quarter-finals of the ATP 500 tournament.

The 21-times Grand Slam champion, a three-time winner in the coastal resort town, arrived in Mexico having won an Australian Open tuneup event and the hardcourt major in Melbourne last month after missing a chunk of 2021 with a foot problem.

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