Sum 30 wins (a title) on the Australian cement
His next opponent will be Haas, an opponent that has not yielded a set in their four previous meetings
Rafael Nadal qualified for the second round of Australia Open after beating with authority and good tennis Alex Kuznetsov, a puppet in the hands of a Spaniard who left good feelings about the Australian cement. His next opponent will be veteran Tommy Haas, who has always won have been measured.
Rafa Nadal was received by the Australian public like one of his idols. The 2009 champion went through the back door in the last two editions-injury to Andy Murray and David Ferrer, unable to be competitive and to aspire to once again enjoy the glory. The Spaniard, still with half carbide machine itself has said that there will be at 100% until March-solved no problems in this edition debut against American Alex Kuznetsov, from the previous phase, which overcame by an aggregate score of 6-4, 6-1, 6-1 in one hour and forty-five minutes. Only one game was enough to warn the fate of the party. Kuznetsov, who has never beaten a top 125 player in the ranking, the service wrapped himself in an attempt to keep the domain of exchanges, Nadal got countered by a track that sealed the first point with a backhand passing from the line background, repeating stroke to sign the first break in the opening game. From there the match Rafa controlled, either with your service and just making mistakes. He liked playing at times and so timid caution uploaded to the web and `banana-shots´ house brand. And to top it closed the first set with an ace.
Beyond relaxation, Rafa hit the gas to be an advantage in the light. He won the first nine points of the second set included blank-break in the opening game, and tried to shorten the moves by kick-right. His rival, seeing that hitting against a wall, ended up making more mistakes than successes and `gave´ two further breaks before losing the second set. Neither the bulky bandage worn by Nadal in his left knee, it seems more as a precaution for some discomfort in more serious-or high temperatures that occurred in Melbourne at the time of the meeting (33 º C) could stop the drive with which the Spaniard faced this first commitment in the 100th edition of `major´ Australian. A new break in the beginning of the third set put up for the fifth fireball that of Nadal, who barely had to overcome obstacles on their way to victory. It is the triumph of Rafa number 30 in the Antipodes.
Nadal has never lost in first round of a Grand Slam in 32 units. The Spaniard, who defends the quarterfinals in Australia, will be measured in the second round with German Tommy Haas with a ticket to the final table thanks to their protected ranking (currently ranked 190 in the world rankings) - which won the Denis Kudla U.S., from the previous phase, by a score of 7-6 (5), 3-6, 6-0 and 7-5 after two hours and twenty minutes in a clash played at the Melbourne Track 7 Park. Nadal and Haas has been measured to date on four occasions (Cincinnati, 2006, Madrid 2006, Cincinnati 2008, Australia Open 2009), always on and always with cement victory for the Spanish, who has not even given a set in these duels .