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Nadal through to semis in straight sets while Andreescu battles back to see off Mertens in New York

By Reuters
06 September 2019   |   11:55 am
Diego Schwartzman may have been the smallest player in 25 years to reach the U.S. Open quarter-finals but gave Rafa Nadal a big fight and forced the Spaniard to grind out a 6-4 7-5 6-2 win on Wednesday to reach the last four at Flushing Meadows.

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