Top seed Rafael Nadal maintained his traditional momentum at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday as the Spaniard powered into the quarterfinals 6-2, 6-4, seeing off a French challenge from Richard Gas

Rafael Nadal stormed past Finn Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-2 on Wednesday to begin the quest for an unprecedented seventh consecutive title at the Monte Carlo Masters.

Spain's top-seeded king of clay, who

Roger Federer reminded the tennis world of his destructive power with a 6-2, 6-1 rout of German Philipp Kohlschreiber in the Monte Carlo Masters second round on Tuesday.

All the talk in the buildup t