• The numbers Rafael Nadal - Pablo Cuevas
  • The numbers Roberto Bautista - Franco Roncadelli

World number one Rafael Nadal overwhelmed the Uruguayan Pablo Cuevas by beating him 6-2 and 6-1 at will and sentenced the second victory and put Spain closer to the quarterfinals of the ATP Cup, after Roberto Bautista added the first point before Franco Roncadelli .

There was no use for an early version of Cuevas to surprise Nadal, as the Mallorcan broke the match with a break in the second service of the Uruguayan player who would serve to route the 6-2 in the first set.

The dynamics in the second set did not change and Cuevas' frustration, as a consequence in part of the Spanish state of grace, became visible with shouts that rumbled in the Perth Arena. " I can't give more of myself, " said Cuevas.

The manacorí reaped a bulky 6-1 in the second round by getting two games to the rest, just as he did during the first. " I have played much better than the other day , before a player that I have a lot of respect for and now we have many opportunities to be in the quarterfinals," Nadal said on the track.

Before, Bautista had imposed himself on Franco Roncadelli, 6-1 and 6-2.

With 2-0 against Uruguay, the doubles match will now be played, which will face Pablo Carreño and Feliciano López in principle against Uruguayans Ariel Behar and Fumeaux .

The match will be of vital importance for Spain to place a 3-0 in the global, with the objective of leading the group, given that Japan , the team that won in its first full confrontation of victories, left a point in its victory today about Georgia (2-1).

Baptist, his own

For his part, after his spectacular debut in the tournament against Georgian Aleksandre Metreveli (6-0, 6-0), Bautista returned to deploy his superiority in Perth , where he hardly needed 57 minutes to sign a new victory.

The young Roncadelli , 19 years old and does not even currently have a ranking in the ATP, could only add three games against the number ten in the world ranking, which achieved 18 winning strokes and almost doubled his opponent in total points (56-30 ).

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