BARCELONA, Spain (AP)—Rafael Nadal overcame a sore knee to open his bid for a seventh Barcelona Open title with an easy 6-1, 6-2 win over Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the second round Wednesday.
Nadal had a bye in the first round after defeating Novak Djokovic in the Monte Carlo Masters final on Sunday and said his left knee "hurts a bit, but that's normal ... there's no problem.''
Fellow Spaniard David Ferrer also advanced to the third round with a 6-0, 6-3 victory over Serbian wild card Filip Krajinovic.
Canada's Milos Raonic ousted Russia's Igor Andreev 6-4, 6-1 while Japan's Kei Nishikori overcame Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 4-6, 6-0.