World number one, Rafael Nadal has advanced to the quater-finals of Shanghai Masters defeating Fabio Fognini on Thursday.
The 31-year-old Spaniard was comfortable in seeing off the 28th-ranked Italian 6-3, 6-1 and will play sixth seed Grigor Dimitrov in the last eight.
Top seed Nadal is chasing a seventh title this season, but a career-first Shanghai Masters.
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Source: ( AFP )
