Nadal subdues young Korda on an inhospitable morning

So far, and in view of what happened, the question is how many games will

opponent win

, what opposition will he be able to present, how far will they give him strength.

The world number two beat

6-1, 6-1 and 6-2, in one hour and 55 minutes and qualified for the Roland Garros quarterfinals.

The winner of the match between

and

awaits him on Tuesday

.

Of the four men who tried to cope,

has been the most advantageous, almost blowing the bench with 10 games won.

The world number 83 left with a dignified 6-4, 6-4 and 6-2.

Things were worse for

, 236th, who stayed at five: 6-1, 6-0 and 6-3.

And not much further on,

prospered

, 74th: 6-1, 6-4 and 6-0.

Korda, 213rd, was four.

He started the game with an irreverent air, attacking the second serves of the Spanish, opening angles, building two breaking balls, a luxury the latter also before a man who concedes nothing.

Little else said the American, son of

, winner of the Australian Open in 1998 and a finalist at Roland Garros six years earlier.

Everything different

Roland Garros is a tournament in a state of exception, with the renewed Philippe Chatrier naked, only dotted by some privileged silhouettes on Sunday that marks the halfway point of the competition, where the confrontations begin to take flight.

Festive date, where every year the circulation through the enclosure tends to grow even more, now off, silent, captive of the brave meteorology, subjected by the scourge of the pandemic.

The cold morning, very windy, to the point of forcing Nadal to turn on himself to end up hitting a ball that came straight towards his

, in a curious sequence, did little to enhance the game.

If it were not for the presence of the 12 times winner of the tournament and for the magnitude of the scenario, the traces would invite to confuse the dispute with that of any tournament.

Nadal does his job, leaves one of the sensations of this Roland Garros to nothing, a kid who had slipped into the top 16 coming from the previous phase, without a past on clay.

There he was, in front of his idol, without betraying style, fair hitting, risk taking ... In just over an hour he was already two sets down, his attempts reduced to that promising first game.

Korda is to be thanked for his tenacity, his desire to compete even with such an adverse result.

He did not want to go on to add to the list of those who suffered the most from Nadal's authority, to be among the most aggrieved by the numbers.

He broke from the start in the third and stretched his first appearance in the Chatrier somewhat.

Nadal claimed his 97th victory at Roland Garros.

Reaching one hundred in this edition would have a much greater meaning: it would mean, in addition to his thirteenth title on these tracks, equaling the 20 of

Grand Slam

.

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