The player Rafael Nadal entered the third round of the 2017 Western and Southern Open in Cincinnati when he defeated Richard Gasquet of France in a one-sided men's singles second-round clash by 6-3, 6-4.
With the win, Nadal has now set up a clash against countryman Albert Ramos Viñolas for a place in the quarter-finals.
In another men's singles clash, Indian tennis player Ramkumar Ramanathan suffered a major blow as he was knocked out of the U.S. Open warm-up event after going down against Jared Donaldson of America.
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