French Open:Number two seed Rafael Nadal made short work of Argentinian Horacio Zeballas to reach the third round of the French Open at Roland Garros. Nadal enjoyed a straight-sets win over an opponent ranked 44th in the world, taking the first set 6-2 on Philippe Chatrier Court.
Nadal won the second set by the same score when his opponent hit a backhand cross-court shot wide and then wrapped up the match by winning the third set, but only after a spirited fightback from Zeballas.
Nadal broke his opponent twice to lead 4-0 but lost his own serve in the fifth game. Zeballas made the most of the break by holding his own service game to trail 4-2 in the set and then broke Nadal once more to trail by one game.
But Nadal broke back and then served out the set to win 6-2 6-2 6-3. Nadal’s match had been postponed yesterday because of delays caused by the rain and he is scheduled to play again tomorrow when he will take on the winner of the the clash between Lleyton Hewitt and Denis Istomin.