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May 10th 2006 10:22
Rafael Nadal started his Internationali d'Italia campaign yesterday, beating compatriot and good friend Carlos Moya (ESP) 6-1, 2-6, 6-2.
The 19 year old Spaniard is on the way to equalling Guillermo Vilas' record of 53 consecutive wins on clay should he defend his title here in Rome.
Along with Nadal, fourth seed David Nalbandian (ARG) beat qualifier Fernando Vicente (ESP) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, fifth seed Andy Roddick (USA) powered past Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-1, 6-0, and Nicholay Davydenko (RUS) managed a 6-1, 6-4 defeat over Boris Pashanski of Serbia and Montenegro. Marat Safin (RUS) also managed to get into the 2nd round.
OFFICIAL RESULTS (atptennis.com):
Singles - First Round
[2]R Nadal (ESP) d C Moya (ESP) 61 26 62
[4]D Nalbandian (ARG) d [Q]F Vicente (ESP) 62 36 63
[5]A Roddick (USA) d V Hanescu (ROM) 61 60
[6]N Davydenko (RUS) d B Pashanski (SCG) 61 64
X Malisse (BEL) d [8]G Gaudio (ARG) 46 63 63
[Q]R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) d [9]G Coria (ARG) 63 62
[14]R Stepanek (CZE) d F Lopez (ESP) 64 64
[15]T Johansson (SWE) d [Q]F Fognini (ITA) 76(3) 63
M Baghdatis (CYP) d O Rochus (BEL) 75 64
J Nieminen (FIN) d S Grosjean (FRA) 62 61
M Safin (RUS) d [Q]T Gabashvili (RUS) 75 36 61
T Henman (GBR) d A di Mauro (ITA) 75 76(2)
F Verdasco (ESP) d S Bolelli (ITA) 64 26 61
F Volandri (ITA) d A Murray (GBR) 64 64
T Berdych (CZE) d P Srichaphan (THA) 61 63
P Mathieu (FRA) d J Ferrero (ESP) 61 63
Doubles - First Round
Paes/Stepanek d Safin/Tursunov 75 63
Nieminen/Rochus d Davydenko/Hrbaty 76 36 10-4 (Match TB)
Berdych/Friedl d Coria/Garcia 76(6) 62
Gonzalez/Massu d Bracciali/Galimberti 67(6) 76(4) 10-6 (Match TB)
WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON DAY 3:
The centre court has a star-studded lineup!
From 1pm Rome time David Nalbandian (ARG) plays Paul Henri MATHIEU (FRA), followed by 5th seed Andy RODDICK (USA) vs Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP), the finalist at the Australian Open. After that match is Roger Federer against wildcard Polito Starace before the 9pm night match between British teenager Andy Murray and King of Clay courts Rafael Nadal.
The full lineup can be seen here
The 19 year old Spaniard is on the way to equalling Guillermo Vilas' record of 53 consecutive wins on clay should he defend his title here in Rome.
Carlos congratulates Rafa after his defeat
Along with Nadal, fourth seed David Nalbandian (ARG) beat qualifier Fernando Vicente (ESP) 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, fifth seed Andy Roddick (USA) powered past Victor Hanescu (ROM) 6-1, 6-0, and Nicholay Davydenko (RUS) managed a 6-1, 6-4 defeat over Boris Pashanski of Serbia and Montenegro. Marat Safin (RUS) also managed to get into the 2nd round.
OFFICIAL RESULTS (atptennis.com):
Singles - First Round
[2]R Nadal (ESP) d C Moya (ESP) 61 26 62
[4]D Nalbandian (ARG) d [Q]F Vicente (ESP) 62 36 63
[5]A Roddick (USA) d V Hanescu (ROM) 61 60
[6]N Davydenko (RUS) d B Pashanski (SCG) 61 64
X Malisse (BEL) d [8]G Gaudio (ARG) 46 63 63
[Q]R Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP) d [9]G Coria (ARG) 63 62
[14]R Stepanek (CZE) d F Lopez (ESP) 64 64
[15]T Johansson (SWE) d [Q]F Fognini (ITA) 76(3) 63
M Baghdatis (CYP) d O Rochus (BEL) 75 64
J Nieminen (FIN) d S Grosjean (FRA) 62 61
M Safin (RUS) d [Q]T Gabashvili (RUS) 75 36 61
T Henman (GBR) d A di Mauro (ITA) 75 76(2)
F Verdasco (ESP) d S Bolelli (ITA) 64 26 61
F Volandri (ITA) d A Murray (GBR) 64 64
T Berdych (CZE) d P Srichaphan (THA) 61 63
P Mathieu (FRA) d J Ferrero (ESP) 61 63
Doubles - First Round
Paes/Stepanek d Safin/Tursunov 75 63
Nieminen/Rochus d Davydenko/Hrbaty 76 36 10-4 (Match TB)
Berdych/Friedl d Coria/Garcia 76(6) 62
Gonzalez/Massu d Bracciali/Galimberti 67(6) 76(4) 10-6 (Match TB)
WHAT TO LOOK FORWARD TO ON DAY 3:
The centre court has a star-studded lineup!
From 1pm Rome time David Nalbandian (ARG) plays Paul Henri MATHIEU (FRA), followed by 5th seed Andy RODDICK (USA) vs Marcos BAGHDATIS (CYP), the finalist at the Australian Open. After that match is Roger Federer against wildcard Polito Starace before the 9pm night match between British teenager Andy Murray and King of Clay courts Rafael Nadal.
The full lineup can be seen here
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Ponderous
Played a lot as a kid starting at 6 and stopping at 11 and becoming just a casual player thereafter.
49 and counting now for Nadal. Absolutely unstoppable on clay, as is Federer on all the other surfaces!!
I look forward to reading your reviews - one of my favourite sports after soccer/football, of course. Be sure to check out other blogs in the community, i.e say you were looking for a new car to get to your tennis match in style...
Charles.