Rafael Nadal saved four match points in the third-set tiebreaker before notching an epic 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (9) victory over Belgium's David Goffin on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals of the Mutua Madrid Open in Spain.
The third-seeded Nadal actually led 4-1 in the tiebreaker before Goffin seized the upper hand with five straight points. But the Spaniard remained alive by staving off three match points in a four-point stre
