Nadal, Federer, Murray reach Monte Carlo Masters 4半期/4分の1s

MONACO (AP) ― Rafael Nadal was 用意が出来ている for 苦痛. Roger Federer hoped to 避ける 苦痛.

They got what they wished for and reached the Monte Carlo Masters 準々決勝 on Thursday.

Eight-time 支持する/優勝者 Nadal saved 15 of 17 break points, scampering all over the clay to retrieve big forehands from Dominic Thiem and (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 the Austrian 7-5, 6-3.

Andy Murray of  Britain plays a return to France's Benoit Paire during their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14...

Andy Murray of Britain plays a return to フラン's Benoit Paire during their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Thiem (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 Nadal in the 準決勝 in Buenos 空気/公表するs en 大勝する to the 肩書を与える, the first of two on clay in February. Thiem has the second-most 勝利,勝つs on the 小旅行する this year, after Novak Djokovic. He made Nadal run and run.

"I never gave up in all these 堅い moments," Nadal said. "You need matches like this. You need to 苦しむ on 法廷,裁判所."

Federer was 平等に pleased to feel no 苦痛 in his left 膝, two months after arthroscopic 外科 for torn cartilage. In his second match since, Federer was 無傷の in 緩和 past Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-2, 6-4 for a fifth straight time.

"I'm happy how the 団体/死体 is, that I was able to play two matches already here, and get a chance to play a third," Federer said. "I'm getting closer to the 頂点(に達する) in the sense of 最大限 movement."

Federer next 直面するs Jo Wilfried Tsonga in the last eight, 主要な the Frenchman 11-5 in 長,率いる-to-長,率いるs.

"I like his game. I like his 力/強力にする, his capacity to move 今後 with his forehand," Federer said of Tsonga. "I've seen wonderful matches of him against the best players, and also against me."

どこかよそで, Andy Murray 決起大会/結集させるd from a 始める,決める and 3-0 負かす/撃墜する to 前進する along with Stan Wawrinka, the only other former 支持する/優勝者 left in the field beside Nadal.

Nadal 直面するd 16 of the 17 break points against Thiem in the first 始める,決める.

At 4-4, and with each player having dropped serve once, Thiem 行方不明になるd six chances to break Nadal. On the last one, Thiem let a 高く弓形に打ち返す go thinking it was going out, and watched it land in.

The Spaniard clenched his 握りこぶし after 持つ/拘留するing that 堅い game, and then broke Thiem when the Austrian 二塁打-faulted on 始める,決める point.

"Some of the break points he played very 井戸/弁護士席 so I didn't have a chance, but there were also some where I really had some 平易な 発射s," said Thiem, who 変えるd only one of 16 chances on Djokovic's serve in the third 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of the Miami Masters two weeks ago. "Of course, it's very 失望させるing."

After Thiem broke Nadal to love in the third game of the second 始める,決める for a 2-1 lead, Nadal quickly 回復するd 勢い and broke Thiem twice more to 始める,決める up a quarterfinal against Wawrinka, the 2014 支持する/優勝者.

"If you look at the past year, we can see his level has わずかに 減少(する)d," Wawrinka, the French Open 支持する/優勝者, said of 14-time Grand 激突する 勝利者 Nadal. "But a 支持する/優勝者 like him is still able to 勝利,勝つ big 肩書を与えるs."

Murray was relieved to 捨てる past an erratic Benoit Paire of フラン 2-6, 7-5, 7-5.

"To 勝利,勝つ when you're not playing 特に 井戸/弁護士席, it's a 広大な/多数の/重要な 成果/努力," Murray said. "It would have been 平易な to lose today and get 負かす/撃墜する on myself. But I kept fighting."

Paire had 47 勝利者s の中で a number of 注目する,もくろむ-catching 発射s, but the Frenchman also made 52 unforced errors. He had eight エースs and seven 二塁打-faults.

Paire also lost his composure at 重要な moments, 二塁打-faulting when serving for the match and again on match point.

"He played a bad game at 3-0 in the second to give me one of the breaks 支援する," Murray said. "I felt like I was in with a chance then."

Murray next plays Milos Raonic of Canada, who had 12 エースs in (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域ing 99th-階級d Damir Dzumhur of Bosnia and Herzegovina 6-3, 4-6, 7-6 (5).

Wawrinka 前進するd by 大勝するing Gilles Simon 6-1, 6-2, breaking the Frenchman's serve five times.

Since losing his first 12 matches against Nadal, Wawrinka has won three of their past five 遭遇(する)s, 含むing the final of the 2014 Australian Open, his first major.

The day after 素晴らしい Djokovic in the second 一連の会議、交渉/完成する, 55th-階級d Jiri Vesely of the Czech 共和国 lost to Gael Monfils 6-1, 6-2.

Monfils next plays Spaniard Marcel Granollers, who upset David Goffin of Belgium 7-6 (1), 6-4, while Tsonga 負かす/撃墜するd 同国人 Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4.

Andy Murray of Britain reacts during his match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament against France's Benoit Paire in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016...

Andy Murray of Britain 反応するs during his match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament against フラン's Benoit Paire in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a return against Austria's Dominic Thiem during their match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, Apri...

Spain's Rafael Nadal plays a return against Austria's Dominic Thiem during their match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after defeating Austria's Dominic Thiem in their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, Apri...

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates after 敗北・負かすing Austria's Dominic Thiem in their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a return to France's Gilles Simon during their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday...

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a return to フラン's Gilles Simon during their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a return to France's Gilles Simon during their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, T
hursday...

Stanislas Wawrinka of Switzerland plays a return to フラン's Gilles Simon during their match of the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Swiss Roger Federer plays a return to Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during their match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, Apri...

スイスの Roger Federer plays a return to Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during their match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

Swiss Roger Federer serves the ball to Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during their match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, Apr...

スイスの Roger Federer serves the ball to Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut during their match at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters tournament in Monaco, Thursday, April 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Lionel Cironneau)

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