• Eighths.Nadal disarms Fognini and enters as a shot in the quarterfinals

  • Rivals Djokovic survives better than Raonic and Thiem falls down

More whole, more demanding, more cheerful.

Rafael Nadal

has reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open in unthinkable conditions after the back problems he suffered in the first two rounds and that he had dragged from the exhibition against

Dominic Thiem

in Adelaide.

He is three wins away from surpassing

Roger Federer's

20 Grand Slam titles

.

The match against

Fabio Fognini,

a talented player, the only one who had lifted him two adverse sets in a

major

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