Romanian Victor Hanescu will be his next opponent in the second round
Rafa Nadal, world number three, got his ticket to the third round of Rome Masters quarter 1000 and second this season on clay, after comfortably disposing of German Philipp Kohlschreiber in two rounds (6-1, 6-3 ) and back to offer a high level of play.
And the Spaniard, winner in Monte Carlo recently, solved its debut at the Foro Italico, which seeking his fifth gold braid, with tough action and unappealable, as usual on his favorite surface.
Nadal came out very focused on the center court of the Italian complex, soon to remember the big picture offered last week in Monte Carlo where unceremoniously swept all rivals.
Sign your service and unapproachable in the rallies from the back of the court, Kohlschreiber was no antidote for the number three Rank, which ran over the first set (6-1), within half an hour.
After watching like a bulldozer had left him no options in the first race, the warlike Germany has set as objective pose a greater resistance to Nadal's game and focus more on its own service, adding games to go.
Missed opportunity
He even had his chance with 3-2 in their favor, with one ball break - the only one in the meeting - which was responsible for saving Nadal. The scare was dressed sentence in the next game, in which the four-time winner in Rome broke the serve of his opponent, the party on track and go to the second round.
There, the Spaniard will meet Romanian Victor Hanescu, with an eye toward a hypothetical intersection quarterfinals with an old acquaintance, the Swede Robin Soderling, the only player to beat him at Roland Garros, and also walking by firm Foro Italico.