Nadal eases past Giraldo into Barcelona quarters

BARCELONA,  (Reuters) – World number one Rafa Nadal cruised into the Barcelona Open quarter-finals with a 6-3 6-1 victory over unseeded Colombian Santiago Giraldo yesterday to set up a last-eight clash against Gael Monfils.

The Spanish top seed, who won a seventh straight Monte Carlo Masters crown on his favoured clay surface on Sunday, was joined in the last