Nadal opens with win

A beefed-up Rafael Nadal muscled his way into the second round of the Australian Open with a gritty straight-sets win on day one.

Mon, 14 Jan, 2008 - 15:49

A beefed-up Rafael Nadal muscled his way into the second round of the Australian Open with a gritty straight-sets win on day one.

Nadal, the second seed, downed qualifier Viktor Troicki 7-6 (7/3) 7-5 6-1, as he avoided the fate of British number nine seed Andy Murray who crashed out at Melbourne Park.

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