Lleyton Hewitt, Nadal rival in 2 nd round. Federer begins with a victory over Tursunov. Ferrer, Almagro and Robredo, eliminated in first round.
Rafael Nadal suffered to overcome its debut at the Olympic Games before the Italian Potito Starace, who took him beyond two hours on the runway. In the last part, a 'break' in the sixth game was enough for the Spanish (6-2, 3-6 and 6-2), which closed the match outburst service back to his rival. It is the only joy of the day in the men's table. David Ferrer, Tommy Robredo and Nicolas Almagro have been eliminated.
The Mallorcan's rival in the second round will be Australian Lleyton Hewitt, who broke the Swedish Jonas Bjorkman by 7-5 and 7-6 (2) in just under two hours party.
There was a comfortable appearance for the world number one. The humidity, very high despite a dramatic drop in temperature in Beijing today, is something that does not finish like. Neither time (10.30) was good. However stormed into the match with a desire to solve it through quickly, and thus resolved the first sleeve. But suddenly, Nadal faded.
A partial 3-0 at the start of the second set allowed the Italian equalize the match. Starace was also growing in the heat of the public who wanted to see more tennis, did not want a fast game. Not served as a lever the arrival of the Prince of Asturias tier. Nadal not find ways to curb the countless left it came across the network. Almost all lost.
Except one. For front in the last part (1-0) and 30-15 down, Potito tried the nth. It is not known how, Nadal pulled out from under the ground, nearly hitting the network, and that point it stopped thrown on the floor celebrating. It was not until the sixth game for the 'break' final, but was meridian that the party had changed since that point. />
The one that had not been so lucky Carla Suarez. His party, interrupted on Sunday, left out of the Games after losing (7-5 and 7-6 (2)) compared to china Peng Shuai.