Nadal bullies his way into next round
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The slips and slides of the soft clay have been replaced by the squeaks of shoes on the hard courts.
Nobody is handling the switch better than Rafael Nadal.
Nadal improved to 16-0 this year on the hard surface on Monday, defeating American Ryan Harrison 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 in the first round of the US Open.
“It’s difficult to analyze now,” Nadal said, when asked if he’s playing the best hard-court tennis of his career. “I am playing well. Happy the way I was playing. I don’t know if it was the best or not, but it was very good because I was able to win.”
Nadal won titles at Montreal and Cincinnati in the lead-in to the US Open, which he won for the only time in 2010.
“We go day to day,” Nadal said. “Two tournaments before winning is great for my career because both tournaments are very important ones. But that (doesn’t) mean I will play great here. That means that I am doing the right things.”
Harrison won’t argue.
The 21-year-old American was pushed around the court by Nadal, who hit 28 winners and forced Harrison into 32 errors.
There was an early upset in the men’s draw when Japan’s Kei Nishikori, Asia’s highest-ranked man, was beaten 6-4, 6-2, 6-2 by English qualifier Dan Evans, ranked 179th.
Aside from Nishikori’s loss, the seeded players all won on Monday.
David Ferrer (4), Richard Gasquet (8), Janko Tipsarevic (18), Tommy Robredo (19), Feliciano Lopez (23), Fernando Verdasco (27), Ernests Gulbis (30), and Dmitry Tursunov (32) all advanced to the second round.
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