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Wimbledon: No. 2 Rafael Nadal Takes Second Set 6-2

by Ben Rothenberg
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Wimbledon, Day 4: Rafael Nadal Wins In Five; Serena, Murray, Soderling Cruise
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Rafael Nadal has started playing even more aggressively than he was before, and successfully beat the very powerful Robin Haase in a punch-for-punch second set.

Nadal broke in the first and seventh games of the set.

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