The king of the clay, Rafael Nadal, jumped over the first obstacle at the Masters in Madrid - the Spaniard defeated American qualifier Darwin Blanc in 66 minutes, losing only one game - 6:1, 6:0.
Due to the breaks caused by numerous injuries, Nadal "fell" to the 512th place in the ATP, but his rival today is only 1.028. world-ranked tennis player.
For Nadal, the real test in Madrid is yet to come, because in the second match his rival will be the 10th seed, Australian Alex de Minaur.
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