According to the report, Nadal, who has a mediocre 16-5 record this year, got the flawless start he was hoping for Wednesday at the Monte Carlo Masters, beating 21-year-old wild-card entry Lucas Pouille 6-2, 6-1 in the second round.
Other side, the Defending champion Stan Wawrinka got the defence of his title off to a winning start by beating Argentina’s Juan Monaco 6-1 6-4.
To the gallery from, Nadal won eight consecutive titles in Monte Carlo from 2005-12 but has been struggling recently, dropping to fifth in the rankings. Now in the European clay-court season, the nine-time French Open champion is biding to regain his old form ahead of another shot at the title at Roland Garros.
World number 1 strolling into the third round of the Monte Carlo Masters with a 6-1, 6-4 win over qualifier Albert Ramos-Vinolas, the top-ranked Serb told spectators in fluent French how pleased he was with his first win on clay this season.
After recovering from a wrist injury and an appendectomy, Nadal lost in the quarterfinals at the Australian Open. He then enjoyed a good week in Buenos Aires, where he won the title, but struggled on the hard courts of Indian Wells and Miami.
The Bulgarian ninth seed broke Italian Fabio Fognini once in each set to secure a 6-4 6-4 victory.
The German world number 25 edged the first set on a tiebreak but Bautista Agut bounced back to win 6-7 (3/7) 6-3 7-6 (7/4) in two hours and 40 minutes.
In the tournament, the Second seed Federer barely broke sweat as he saw off world number 35 Jeremy Chardy 6-2 6-1 in under 55 minutes. Federer next faces either France’s Gael Monfils or Ukraine’s Alexandr Dolgopolov.
To the information from Federer, who has changed his schedule this year to allow more time for recovery and training, played his first match since his loss in the Indian Wells final in March. He did not look rusty, hitting 19 winners to dispatch an opponent who beat him last year in Rome.
In addition, Tommy Robredo thrashed fellow Spaniard Marcel Granollers 6-1 6-1 while, i n an all-French clash, 10th seed Gilles Simon was victorious against qualifier Benoit Paire 6-4 7-5.
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