Rafael Nadal came through a hard-fought battle with France’s Adrian Mannarino to reach the third round in his first tour-level match since the Laver Cup.
“I know how dangerous Adrian is in this court. The court here is fast, the bounce is low, so I think is a perfect court for him,” Nadal said.
“So I went on court knowing it [was] going to be very tough one. I needed to play well, and I think I did.
“My serve worked very well during the whole match. I think I played at the right level.
“Not easy to come back on the Tour after a while without being on the Tour. And playing in this surface… and against a very dangerous opponent, in the first round for me, second for him.
“So [I’ m] very happy with the victory.”
Stan Wawrinka needed two tiebreak sets to overcome Croatian Marin Cilic on Wednesday.
Wawrinka has a poor head-to-head record against Nadal, losing 18 of their 21 matches.
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