Nadal cruises through round two of Australian Open

Rafael Nadal continued his smooth progress at the Australian Open today to set up a third-round meeting with home favourite Bernard Tomic.

Nadal, who was leading Marcos Daniel 6-0 5-0 in round one before the Brazilian retired, was pushed slightly harder by American Ryan Sweeting but the outcome was still a formality as Nadal cruised home 6-2 6-1 6-1 in one hour and 42 minutes.