Rafa Nadal advanced to the third round of the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters with a straight-sets victory over Federico Delbonis.
Nadal’s convincing victory on his return to the court helped him put his Australian Open quarter-final defeat to Stefanos Tsitsipas firmly behind him.
The world No.3 was in an unforgiving mood from the start, and only dropped one point throughout his 6-1 first set victory.
Although Delbonis managed to bring the second set to 3-2, Nadal won his serve, before going on to claim victory with a 6-2 second set triumph.
Now, the ‘King of Clay’ will look to secure his 12th triumph in the Rolex Monte-Carlo Masters.