<p>The top seed, who won a seventh straight Monte Carlo Masters crown on his favoured clay surface on Sunday, took his phenomenal winning record on the red dust since 2005 to 182-6 to set up a last-16 clash against Colombian Santiago Giraldo.<br /><br />Nadal, the Wimbledon, French Open and US Open champion, sealed victory on his second match point with a trademark forehand winner down the line that his 60th-ranked opponent was unable to get a racket on.<br /><br />Fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer, who lost to Nadal in the Monte Carlo final, eased through with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Carlos Berlocq of Argentina. Unseeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Germany’s Mischa Zverev, who replaced injured Andy Murray, 6-4, 7-5.<br /><br />Petkovic through<br /><br />Germany’s Andrea Petkovic sobbed during a changeover but set up a second-round clash against Jelena Jankovic after battling past Austrian qualifier Tamira Paszek 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in Stuttgart on Tuesday. <br /><br />Serbia’s former world number one Jankovic found no resistance from Spaniard Beatriz Garcia Vidagany, easing through in the claycourt tournament with a 6-1, 6-2 victory. <br /><br />Paszek, 20 and ranked 88th, showed no signs of nerves, punishing local favourite Petkovic with a series of bludgeoning forehands to claim the first set with her stunned opponent double-faulting on set point and then sobbing. <br /><br />Petkovic, the world number 19 who was a quarterfinalist at Janauary’s Australian Open, took the initiative early in the second set with more aggressive play but Paszek looked to have found a way back into the match taking a 2-0 lead in the third. <br /><br />However, the 23-year-old roared back with a series of stinging baseline shots to win the next six games, firing a forehand down the line on her first matchpoint after two hours and 17 minutes. <br /><br />Fellow Germans Sabine Lisicki and Julia Goerges joined her in the next round, albeit with far less trouble. Lisicki looked to be back to her best after an injury-hit 2010, firing 14 aces past Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova to win 7-5, 7-6. <br /><br />Cibulkova managed to force a second set tiebreak but Lisicki fought back, winning six straight points to clinch the match and set up a second-round clash with world number six Li Na of China, runner-up at this year’s Australian Open. <br /><br />Goerges also advanced with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek and will meet fourth seed Victoria Azarenka. <br /><br />Australian Samantha Stosur, out to defend a bagful of points earned during her fine 2010 claycourt season that culminated with a French Open final, eased past Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 7-5, 6-1. <br /><br />Russian Anna Chakvetadze retired for the third straight tournament, this time against Slovakian Zuzana Kucova after collapsing in the third set. <br /><br />On Wednesday, Germany’s Kristina Barrois scored a stunning 6-4, 6-2 win over eight-seeded Marion Bartoli of France.<br /></p>
<p>The top seed, who won a seventh straight Monte Carlo Masters crown on his favoured clay surface on Sunday, took his phenomenal winning record on the red dust since 2005 to 182-6 to set up a last-16 clash against Colombian Santiago Giraldo.<br /><br />Nadal, the Wimbledon, French Open and US Open champion, sealed victory on his second match point with a trademark forehand winner down the line that his 60th-ranked opponent was unable to get a racket on.<br /><br />Fourth-seeded Spaniard David Ferrer, who lost to Nadal in the Monte Carlo final, eased through with a 6-2, 6-2 victory over Carlos Berlocq of Argentina. Unseeded Spaniard Juan Carlos Ferrero beat Germany’s Mischa Zverev, who replaced injured Andy Murray, 6-4, 7-5.<br /><br />Petkovic through<br /><br />Germany’s Andrea Petkovic sobbed during a changeover but set up a second-round clash against Jelena Jankovic after battling past Austrian qualifier Tamira Paszek 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in Stuttgart on Tuesday. <br /><br />Serbia’s former world number one Jankovic found no resistance from Spaniard Beatriz Garcia Vidagany, easing through in the claycourt tournament with a 6-1, 6-2 victory. <br /><br />Paszek, 20 and ranked 88th, showed no signs of nerves, punishing local favourite Petkovic with a series of bludgeoning forehands to claim the first set with her stunned opponent double-faulting on set point and then sobbing. <br /><br />Petkovic, the world number 19 who was a quarterfinalist at Janauary’s Australian Open, took the initiative early in the second set with more aggressive play but Paszek looked to have found a way back into the match taking a 2-0 lead in the third. <br /><br />However, the 23-year-old roared back with a series of stinging baseline shots to win the next six games, firing a forehand down the line on her first matchpoint after two hours and 17 minutes. <br /><br />Fellow Germans Sabine Lisicki and Julia Goerges joined her in the next round, albeit with far less trouble. Lisicki looked to be back to her best after an injury-hit 2010, firing 14 aces past Slovakian Dominika Cibulkova to win 7-5, 7-6. <br /><br />Cibulkova managed to force a second set tiebreak but Lisicki fought back, winning six straight points to clinch the match and set up a second-round clash with world number six Li Na of China, runner-up at this year’s Australian Open. <br /><br />Goerges also advanced with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Dutchwoman Michaella Krajicek and will meet fourth seed Victoria Azarenka. <br /><br />Australian Samantha Stosur, out to defend a bagful of points earned during her fine 2010 claycourt season that culminated with a French Open final, eased past Spaniard Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 7-5, 6-1. <br /><br />Russian Anna Chakvetadze retired for the third straight tournament, this time against Slovakian Zuzana Kucova after collapsing in the third set. <br /><br />On Wednesday, Germany’s Kristina Barrois scored a stunning 6-4, 6-2 win over eight-seeded Marion Bartoli of France.<br /></p>
