Nadal races to fourth round at Wimbledon

LONDON,July 8: Rafael Nadal beats Karen Khachanov in straight sets to reach the fourth round at Wimbledon on Friday.
The 10-time French Open champion fired 41 winners to beat the Russian 6-1, 6-4, 7-6 (3) at Centre Court to move into the last 16 for the first time since 2014, Xinhua news agency reported
"For a while I played fantastic, in the first set and a half, it was a great level," Nadal said.
Nadal reduced the powerful 21-year-old to a mere bystander in the first 30 minutes of the match,on a sweltering late afternoon.
It took Khachanov, ranked number 34 in the world, half an hour to get a service hold on the board, in the first game of the second set.
"I played some good shots, from the forehand and the backhand," said Nadal. "Happy with almost everything. But in the third, I started to play a little bit shorter.
Since losing the 2011 final to Novak Djokovic, Nadal has been knocked out before the quarterfinals for four straight years by a player ranked outside of the top 100. He missed Wimbledon last year with a wrist injury.