Nadal advances at Miami tournament

World number two Rafael Nadal cruised through to the last 16 at the ATP/WTA Miami Masters tournament, while fourth seeded Andy Murray advanced without even breaking a sweat on Sunday.

Nadal continued his domination over Radek Stepanek with a straight forward 6-2, 6-2 victory in a third round match on centre court.

Murray reached the fourth round by not hitting a ball when Canadian Milos Raonic withdrew with a right ankle injury.

Nadal, who is chasing his first Miami title, has now beaten Stepanek in all six contests dating back to their first meeting in 2004.

“I am just happy to be in the fourth round winning two matches with positive feeling and with comfortable results,” Nadal said.

“I will just try to keep doing well and try to keep improving a little bit the level.”

Nadal finished with three aces, won 74 per cent of his first-serve points and saved both break point chances he faced in the 86-minute match.

Nadal advances to face Japan’s Kei Nishikori who breezed past Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-2.

Meanwhile, Bulgaria’s Grigor Dimitrov recorded his first victory over a top 10 player when he beat seventh-seeded Tomas Berdych 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 in two hours and 16 minutes.

On the women’s side, Venus Williams struggled to defeat Aleksandra Wozniak 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 but top seed Victoria Azarenka powered past Heather Watson 6-0, 6-2.