The Swiss ace dropped his serve early on but dominated from 3-1 down to beat the 16th seed in 76 minutes.

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That one point never arrived as Nadal played his most brilliant tennis of the evening: forehand winner, service winner, backhand winner, ace and a strong serve to finish off the game.

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She followed with an ace off a 117 mph serve that Venus looked at before changing sides.

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Once again, his serve came to his rescue, a sixth ace earning him a fourth set point and Federer obligingly put his return wide to hand Murray the set.

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Clijsters raced to a 5-1 lead, helped by her first ace of the match -- coming off a second serve -- but then missed three match-point chances at 6-3.

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He also came close to being broken in the eighth, but an ace secured the game before the Scot made a mockery of Chela's serve in the next to tie up the match.

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They did have two break points on Broady's serve in the sixth game but he saved them both - the second with a 93mph ace.

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Rusedski took the momentum with him into the final set and although Larsson saved one match point to force Rusedski to serve for the match, the former US Open finalist had no problems, sealing victory with his 21st ace.

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