Rafa Nadal athlete, not without troubles, his debut in the Madrid Masters Mutua Madrileña, and the Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis crushed by an overall score 6-4 and 6-4, after an hour and 38 minutes of the game, and already in the last sixteen, where he expects the British Andy Murray. The pace of the match in his slow start, as if they were playing on another type of surface slower. Nadal played too far from the bottom line and Baghdatis managed to get on track thanks mainly to a large and powerful service angulated.
The chipirota collected fruit in the fourth game, where he was 00-40 and took advantage with the third of the ball before the break. A turning point in the game, because from then on, Rafa is enchufó shock and warmed her wrists to loosen his right and turn a bright, achieving two consecutive breaks and taking advantage on the scoreboard. It failed in the tenth game when, with his serve, sealed the first heat with a partial 6-4. 45 minutes of suffering, feelings and found an audience eager points higher quality.
The second set was equally disputed that the first, but the feeling that gave Nadal was to be more comfortable and settled on the track. He had to change the script expected due to the ability of Baghdatis, who knew that much of their aspirations in this clash and therefore in this tournament, passed by embarrass the manacorí with continuous rises to the network and making it run all over the track. The balance of equality not broken until the ninth game when Rafa before a ball break that benefited thanks to a beautiful left from the bottom of the track. With the last kick again suffered but managed to close the sleeve and post the match with a further 6-4.
The manacorí already know the name and surname of his next opponent, and in the second round of the Madrid tournament. It will be Britains Andy Murray, which has faced only once, at the Australian Open this year, in a match in which the English had to turn to a 2 sets to 1 and 4 games to 1 against. We will see what happens this time.