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Nadal easily beats Wawrinka to reach French semis
Tennis

Nadal easily beats Wawrinka to reach French semis

Published Jun. 5, 2013 1:43 p.m. ET

Turning in his finest performance yet at this year's French Open, seven-time champion Rafael Nadal reached the semifinals with a 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 victory over ninth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka on Wednesday.

After dropping the first set in each of the first two rounds, Nadal has won 12 sets in a row, looking better and better at Roland Garros, where he now is 57-1.

Not that this result was all that surprising: Nadal improved to 10-0 against Wawrinka and has won all 22 sets they've played.

Nadal reached the 20th Grand Slam semifinal of his career, while preventing Wawrinka from getting to his first.

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The Spaniard is trying to become the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tournament.

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