Roger Federer's return to French Open clay is going so smoothly he still has not dropped a set in reaching the quarterfinals.
Serving at 40-30 in the eighth game of the third set, Nadal was given a time violation warning, which he felt was the correct call made in the wrong circumstances because of persistent talking from the crowd as he prepared to serve in that game, and during his previous service game.Nadal held with an ace for 5-3, and then broke Londero for the sixth time to clinch victory.
“Of course the hope was to go deep and I'm in the quarters now, so I'm very, very happy at this point,” Federer said. “I served super well and Leonardo had trouble returning. I was able to put pressure on him and I'm very happy with my performance.” It was the second time Federer has beaten Mayer at a Grand Slam — the other also coming in straight sets, in the first round of the U.S. Open in 2015. That was also the last year Federer had played at Roland Garros, before skipping clay entirely until returning to the surface this year.
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