Well ... after the all the bitching, griping, talk of altitude problems, blue clay and the 5th slam, Rafa finally was allowed to let his racquet do the talking in his second round match against Jurgen Melzer.The world number #1 was pushed by Melzer's serve/volley tactics for the first 6 games, but in the seventh, Rafa prevailed and came out the comfortable winner in two straight sets, 6-3, 6-1, committing only a remarkable 3 unforced errors.
Summary of the match is provided by Rafa's website.
An hour and two minutes of play was all Rafa Nadal needed this afternoon to beat Austrian Jürgen Melzer (ranked 27th in the World) 6-3 6-1, in the second round of the Madrid Masters Series event. The match (played at the spectacular Magic Box venue and in front of Spain’s Queen) started off with an amazing standing ovation for the World No.1, who in spite of winning his first 3 service games in a comfortable fashion, was also caught off guard by Melzer's ‘serve and volley’ game strategy, which was actually working well for him.
In the second set however, things went downhill for Melzer and even though he tried to put up a fight, there was nothing he could do against the top seed. Rafael, always quick on his feet, snatched the first match-point opportunity he got to close out the match and has set up a third round date with Germany's Philip Kohlschreiber on Thursday.
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