Nadal sets up Del Potro clash

World number one Rafael Nadal was one of a host of seeds to progress into the third round of the Madrid Open today, with a mouth-watering showdown against Juan Martin Del Potro awaiting the Spaniard tomorrow.

All the leading men's seeds claimed victories today, albeit with varying degrees of difficulty, with Nadal seeing off Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-1 6-3 while in-form second seed Novak Djokovic made it 28 wins out of 28 this year after defeating South African Kevin Anderson 6-3 6-4.