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Rafael Nadal beats Richard Gasquet on return from injury at China Open | Rafael Nadal beats Richard Gasquet on return from injury at China Open |
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Rafael Nadal enjoyed an emphatic return to singles action as he powered past Richard Gasquet at the China Open in Beijing. | Rafael Nadal enjoyed an emphatic return to singles action as he powered past Richard Gasquet at the China Open in Beijing. |
Spain’s world No2, playing his first singles match in three months following a wrist injury, extended his record to 13-0 against the Frenchman with a brisk 6-4, 6-0 win. | Spain’s world No2, playing his first singles match in three months following a wrist injury, extended his record to 13-0 against the Frenchman with a brisk 6-4, 6-0 win. |
An early break for Nadal in the third game put him on course for the first set but only after he saved a break point with an ace when trying to serve it out. | An early break for Nadal in the third game put him on course for the first set but only after he saved a break point with an ace when trying to serve it out. |
A dejected Gasquet was then broken in the opening game of the second set as Nadal’s confidence soared, the Spaniard pummelling some trademark forehand winners as he wrapped up the first-round win with a 27th winner. | |
Nadal’s last match before Beijing was a last-16 defeat to the Australian Nick Kyrgios at Wimbledon. He made a low-key doubles return on Monday when he teamed up with his compatriot Pablo Andújar but they were defeated by the Czech Tomas Berdych and John Isner of the United States. | |
Nadal will face the German qualifier Peter Gojowczyk in the second round after the world No122 defeated big serving Ivo Karlovic 6-4, 2-6, 7-5. |
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