Nadal won in three sets after saving three match points, but the contest lasted more than four hours and was so taxing that it wrecked both men for Paris.

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Sharapova was pushed to three sets for the third straight match in Stuttgart and missed a chance to serve out the match in the ninth game after taking a 5-3 lead.

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Murray went through with a four-set win over Robert Kendrick - while Baltacha , who reached the third round in 2002, beat Ukraine's Alona Bondarenko in three sets in a late-night match.

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If the match is tied after three sets, then a single-arrow shoot-off will determine the winner - the archer who shoots the arrow closest to the centre advances.

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Tsonga tested Federer in the tournament's opening match on Sunday before losing in three sets to the defending champion, who is seeking to win a record sixth title.

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Sharapova lost the first set 6-4 but then dropped only three games in taking the next two sets to earn a last eight match with Urszula Radwanska.

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The scores of the final three sets -- 25-17, 25-20 and 25-17 -- made the match look closer than it was.

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Ovens was never in the match and won only one of the first seven legs on the way to going three sets down.

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Then came Rafael Nadal, who ended the 13-match winning streak of Ernests Gulbis yes, that's right, also in three sets.

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