Nadal advances to Madrid Open quarter-finals

Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Rafael Nadal made their way into the Madrid Open quarter-finals on Thursday, each with straight-set wins.

The top-ranked Djokovic beat Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain 6-2, 6-1 for his 30th win of the season, the most on tour. Defending champion Murray defeated Gilles Simon of France 6-4, 6-2, and Nadal topped Sam Querrey of the U.S. 6-4, 6-2.

“I wanted to be aggressive and it’s what I’ve done,” said Djokovic, who had 25 winners and only 11 unforced errors. “The conditions were quite different than yesterday, it was a bit slower but a bit more windier, so I had to be concentrating.”