Nadal won over Gulbis in four

Nadal, 2nd seed, survived early scare to fight back and grasped the match in four comfortably. Ernests “The Swan” Gulbis would have made things different if he did not make some critical errors in key moments. However, he's still 19 years old and developing. We will see a lot from him in the future.

Next round (3rd round), Nadal will face the resurging German Kiefer. If things go fine with Nadal and Youzhny, a 4th round match-up between these two players promises an exit for Nadal. Well, not exactly, but Youzhny has a little advantage against Nadal on hard court and with a little more determination, he can turn that hard court advantage to grass.