His next opponent will be the Canadian Milos Raonic, from the pre · Guillermo Garcia-Lopez also won his debut with a victory but quite worked on Rajeem Ram
Rafa Nadal fulfilled predictions by qualifying for the second round in Tokyo, scoring for the ATP circuit and distributed $ 1,100,000 in prize money, beating Santiago Giraldo.
The world number one, a semifinalist last week in Bangkok, bowed to South America with a double 6-4 in a match decided in about two hours and which had to work very thoroughly before a rival fighter.
The Spaniard, who had warned that have to be more aggressive in this type of fast track, he needed his best to counter other powerful kick Giraldo, who hit eight aces.
Although not yield a single ball break, Nadal had four breaking balls against, look to be filing her face last big event of the year, the Masters Cup in London as Giraldo always gave the feeling of being able to close the gap.
Victoria Garcia-Lopez worked
It was more complicated Albacete Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, new champion in Bangkok and executioner of Nadal in the semis, they need to go back to fell to 174 in the world, the American Rajeem Ram, by 6-7 (3), 6-4 and 7 -6 (1). The de la Roda, visibly tired, gave the first set, but pulled himself together and took the second in relative comfort, although in the third needed a new tie-break to seal his move to the second round, where they will face Feliciano Lopez, who beat Juan Martin del Potro.
In addition, his rival in the final of Bangkok, the Finn Jarkko Nieminen starred the great surprise of the day by beating the defending champion, Frenchman Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 6-4, 5-7, 6-1.
Moreover, American Andy Roddick, seeded second, debuted with a comfortable victory over local Tatsuma Ito 6-4, 6-3 on a day which got off to Viktor Troicki great hope Japan, Kei Nishikori, 6-4, 6-2.