Rafael Nadal reached the third round at the Madrid Open with an impressive straight-set win over Australian Alex de Minaur.
The Spaniard, 37, won 7-6 (8-6) 6-3 to take revenge on the opponent who knocked him out of the Barcelona Open 10 days previously.
Five-time champion Nadal is playing on the Madrid clay for the final time, in what he expects to be the last season of his career.
He will face Pedro Cachin next after the Argentine beat American 20th seed Frances Tiafoe 7-6 (7-1) 3-6 6-4.
British number one Cameron Norrie recorded a comfortable 6-1 6-4 win over Brazil’s Joao Fonseca to set up a meeting with Norwegian fifth seed Casper Ruud, who beat Miomir Kecmanovic 6-4 6-1.
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Italian world number two Jannik Sinner and Russian third seed Daniil Medvedev both also progressed.
Australian Open champion Sinner, 22, beat compatriot Lorenzo Sonego 6-0 6-3, while Medvedev came from behind to win 2-6 6-4 6-4 against Italy’s Matteo Arnaldi.
However, Greek sixth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas – champion in Monte Carlo earlier in April – went out following a 6-4 6-4 loss to Brazil’s Thiago Monteiro.
Nadal said this week he will only play at the French Open next month if he feels “capable enough to compete”. This performance will give him the belief that he can.
Seeking proof of his readiness before the Grand Slam at Roland Garros, which starts on 26 May, he delighted the home crowd with a display that certainly suggests he can further extend his Madrid farewell.
Nadal had made the perfect start by claiming an early break of serve, but he had to fight back to force a tie-break after De Minaur won four of the following five games.
The 22-time Grand Slam winner took control of the tie-break, establishing a commanding 6-2 lead, but squandered four set points before prevailing.
Crucially, Nadal maintained that momentum and asserted himself with an immediate break in the second set.