Rafael Nadal survived an early scare against Gael Monfils before marching to a 6-7, 6-3, 6-1, 6-3 victory in the fourth round of the US Open on Tuesday.
Monfils played some extraordinary tennis to take the opening set but Nadal looked back to his best as he left the French 13th seed in his slipstream on a floodlit Arthur Ashe Court.
Nadal suffered a blip when he was broken in the fourth set to allow Monfils to level at 3-3 but he struck back to claim victory in two hours 45 minutes.
Victory combined with Andy Murray`s defeat earlier in the day means Nadal, who faces Fernando Gonzalez in the last eight, returns to number two in the rankings.
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