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1/18/11 3:39 AM | Kelli DeMario
World No. 1 Rafael Nadal is through to the Australian Open second round, following the retirement of opponent Marcos Daniel. The top seed had built a 6-0, 5-0 advantage when the Brazilian ended play with a knee injury.
Rafael Nadal passed through to the second round in Melbourne, after opponent Marcos Daniel called it a day with a knee injury. The 23-year-old Mallorcan had captured 11 consecutive games through 47 minutes of play.
After breezing through seven game, Nadal saved four break points to reach 6-0, 2-0. The World No. 1 regrouped to 5-0 in the second, before Daniel opted to end the match.
Nadal completed the day with four aces and 25 winners.
He faces either compatriot Daniel Gimeno-Traver or qualifier Ryan Sweeting in the second round.
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I'm glad young Ryan is getting this match. Oh he's gonna take the thrashing of his life but at least he'll see what a #1 player is like to play against. He'll know what type of fitness, focus and determination it's going to take for him to possibly get there.
I'd also like to see Tomic upset Lopez so he can get the same lesson. He's an arrogant one so he needs that lesson for a different reason.
numero , 1/18/11 7:31 PM
already taken care of, numero, as the shaman atr has anti-jinxed the tomic rafa match already...
chlorostoma , 1/18/11 9:02 PM
Inside joke?????????? There's no guarantee Tomic will win in second round but if he does he'll have to take some strong medicine.
numero , 1/18/11 11:19 PM
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Three double-faults and 4 aces before the end of 2nd set.
There not being any contest for the match, he was focusing on serve, it's rare for him to get three double faults, you can see he was going all out.
Don't think he was too satisfied with his results though as he practised serves right after the match.
Bad luck for Daniel, he tried to get at least some game on the board but decided to end his agony when the next 6-0 was looming.
Easy 1st round, this always helps.
Shireling , 1/18/11 3:03 PM