(AP) – Rafael Nadal advanced to the third round of the Australian Open with a comfortable victory over Matthew Ebden (6-3, 6-2, 6-2) on Wednesday to move to No. 3 on the list of match wins at the Australian Open in the professional era, and extended his record of never losing a second-round match at Melbourne Park.
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The win improved 2009 champion Rafa’s win-loss record to 57-12 at the Australian Open, surpassing Stefan Edberg’s mark of 56 wins.
Rafa has opened with back-to-back wins over Australians and takes on another one in the next round. He will face Alex de Minaur, who battled past Swiss qualifier Henri Laaksonen 6-4, 6-2, 6-7, 4-6, 6-3.
Source: AP
Fantastic wow love this winning
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Great job today. Vamos Rafa <3
WELL DON RAFA congratulations vamossssssssss all the way ,you play very well ,good luck champ 🎾🎾🎾😘😘😘❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍🇺🇸
Congrats-great to see you winning and enjoying. All the best for next match🍀💪👍🤛👏❤️
OLA OLA OLA OLA OLA OLA OLA & VAMOS SWEETHEART !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) CONGRATULATIONS DEAR RAFA, OUR PRECIOUS GOAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) GOAT OF ALL TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) GOAT OF PASSION AND DRIVE AND BEAUTY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU STAND ALL ALONG WITH YOUR EXTRODINARY, , AND BLESSED TENNIS PERFORMANCE , BOTH NOW, AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT HISTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU ARE ONE SPECIAL SPORTSMAN CHAMP RAFA, AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL TENNIS IS TRULY A GIFT CHERISHED BY MILLIONS ACROSS THE GLOBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) WI……..WI……..WI…….AND CI………CI……CI…… VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) ZILLION TIMES FOR GOOD MEASUER : ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU STAND OUT SO BRILLIANTELY SWEETHEART WITH YOUR ABILITY, COURT PRESENCE, TENNIS INTELLIGENCE, BEST EVER ENDURANCE, WONDERFUL ATTITUDE, IMMENSE DRIVE, YOUR PRECIOUS LOVE FOR TENNIS AND WITH YOUR GENUINE CONNECTION WITH FANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) TO TOP IT ALL,,,,,,,ABOVE ALL…… YOUR KIND NATURE AND MODISTY IS SO SPECIAL SO ENDEARING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. KUDOS CHAMP SENIOR RAFA NADAL OUR PRECIOUS GOAT! : ) GOAT! : ) GOAT! : )
RAFA, WATCHING YOUR MATCHES SWEETHEART, AND WATCHING YOUR GORGEOUS, ATTRACTIVE, HUNKY BODY OF MUCELS MOVE IS A TREAT………..YOUR DELICIOUS TAN, AND YOUR SPEEDY COURT COVERGAE AND FIESTY RETURNS ARE ALL SUCH AN EXTRODINARY PLEASUER AND YUMMY FEAST FOR THE EYES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) IT IS YOUR HARD WORK AND EFFORTS………..PLEASURE……..PLEASUER……PLEASUER………..YOUR ADORING CORWDS ARE ALWAYS RIGHT THERE WITH YOU, AND THAT IS A TESTIMONEY TO YOUR BEAUTIFUL ALL ROUND GOOD NATURE AND CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) YOU SEE SWEETHEART, THERE ARE MANY TALENTED PLAYERS, BUT NO ONE HAS YOUR INNER BRIGHT ESSENCE, AND LIGHT, AND BOUNTIFUL MASSIVE SINCERITY WITH EVERYTHING YOU DO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) INCREDIBEL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A BLESSED GIFT TO ALL OF US ACROSS THE OCEANS, AND SPORT LOVERS. WE LOVE YOU DEAR RAFA AND LOVE YOUR BEAUTIFUL MAGIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) ; ) ; ) ; ) : )
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR EXTRODINARY, BRILLIANT VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) ; ) : ) WE LOVE YOU SWEETHEART AND SO PROUD OF YOUR CLASSY WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) ; ) : ) ; ) THE MATCH WAS BEAUTIFUL AND INTERESTING AND SO EXCITING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) EVERY POINT YOU PLAYED HAD SO MUCH SRENGTH AND FLAIR AND PASSION AND ENORMOUS TENNIS KNOW HOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) ; ) ; ) : ) YOU ARE SUCH A BRIGHT TENNIS GIFT TO ALL OF US FANS – KUDOS KUDOS KUDOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) ; ) ; ) ; ) : ) : ) ; ) : ) : ) VERY HAPPY FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) ; ) ; ) : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) JUST WATCHED EPSN REPLAY OF THE ENTIRE MATCH AGAIN ……THANKS ESPN BIG TIME FOR HAVING THE REPLAY AVAILABLE IN SUCH SPEEDY FASHION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) ; ) ;);) ; ) WE LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOUR PLAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) : ) AND LOVE YOUR ACES, AND YOUR ON THE RUN GENIUS RETURNS, YOUR INSTINCTIVE OFF THE HEAP QUICK RETURNS, YOUR EFFECTIVE SERVE, YOUR COURT COVERAGE, YOUR NET MAGIC, YOUR STRONG AND AGGRESSIVE COMMENDING RETURNS, AND YOUR ADORABLE, HANDSOME FOCUSED EXPRESSION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) ; ) ; ) : ) : ) ; ) ; )
CONGRATULATIONS SWEETHEART AND ENJOY CELBRATING WITH YOUR LOVED ONES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) IT IS MY SISTER’S BIRTHDAY TODAY AND SO WE ARE CELBRATING AND ENJOYING IT ALL WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) HAVE A LOVELY DAY AND A BEAUTIFUL REST OF THE TOUR. ONE POINT AT A TIME…..A MATCH AT A TIME……AND KEEP SMILINIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) : ) : ) : ) ; ): ) LOTS OF LOVE & HAPPINESS AND VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) VAMOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO
WE REALLY ENJOYED THE WOMAN UMPIRE….SHE WAS SO RIGHT ON SWIFT AND SMART WITH ALL HER CALLS, AND VERY PROFESSIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) IT TRULY MAKES VIEWEING A MATCH SO SATISFYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : )
VAMOS CHAMP AND ENJOY EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : ) LOVE YOU!!!! : ) XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX MUCHAS GRACIAS SWEETHEART!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!: ) : ) ; ) ; ) : ) ; )
Rafa very well played game, keep up stay aggressive and win all
well done Rafa,stay healthy and good luck to the next one!
Great play from Rafa our champ! Lots of reasons to smile today. Some nice points from Ebden, but our Rafa was not to be denied!
Well done Rafa a great win. Looking good and playing brilliantly, keep it up great to have you back 😘xx
Well done for win today. next one is one of the next generation. like you back then at 19 looking for a big win. your talent will excel. Vamos.
ENHORABUENA!!! Rafa por este partido…adelante!!!!