Rafa Nadal Eases Past Ancic
16 March 2010
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Defending champion Rafael Nadal faced no problems from Mario Ancic as he progressed into the fourth round of Indian Wells with a straight sets win.
Nadal returned to action on Saturday for the first time since retiring from his Australian Open quarter final match with Andy Murray with another knee injury.
Unable to defend his Australian open final the Spaniard saw himself slip to number four in the rankings, he has since hopped over Andy Murray.
But he shown no signs of the injury in Indian Wells as he searches for his first tour win since the Rome Masters last year.
And it was straight forward win for Nadal as he faced Ancic, recording four breaks of serve in the 6-2 6-2 win.
Speaking to Sky Sports after his win he said: "Coming back from an injury you have to start slowly."
"But I am pleased with the way I am playing, and I am in the next round so that is the important thing.
"I am playing at the good level with my forehand when I touch the ball all the time. I try to do something - playing aggressive, playing long, changing the direction - so that's very important."
He will now play American John Isner in the next round as he overcame Sam Querrey 7-6 (7-3) 6-4.
However the big shock of the day came as Fernando Verdasco, the tenth seed, crashed out to Thomas Berdych 6-0 6-3.
After the withdrawal of fifth seed Nikolay Davydenko because of injury Viktor Troici also progressed into the next round.
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