IN BRIEF (Page 19)

Tennis

Nadal earns his 300th clay win

World No 1 Rafael Nadal finished with an ace on match point to seal his 300th career victory on clay and advance to the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday. He was joined in the last-eight by defending champion Novak Djokovic, who eased past Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta 6-0, 6-1, and seven-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer, who spent just 57 minutes in going past Czech Lukas Rosol 6-4, 6-1. Nadal, the eight-time winner in Monte Carlo, became just the 11th man to crack 300 wins on clay - the last to do so was Spaniard Carlos Moya, who ended his career in 2007 with 337 victories.