Nadal enetered the third round at U.S open with a hard fought win over the Uzbek, Denis Istomin. Nadal won 6-2 7-6 (7/5) 7-5.
After cantering through the first round in a hurry, Nadal found stiff resistance from the Uzbek. The set went to the tie break where Istomin at one time was leading 5-1. But after that Nadal dug deep in his resources to win the tie break 7-5.
In the third set one break of serve was enough for Nadal to take the set 7-5.
After the match, Nadal said that it was a difficult match but his serve worked well. Next up for Nadal is Frenchman Giles Simon, who earlier defeated th 29th seed Phillip Kohlschreiber.
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