MONTREAL(AP) Jo-Wilfried Tsonga beat Rainer Schuettler 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 Wednesday to reach the third round of the Rogers Cup.
The seventh-seeded Tsonga broke for a 4-3 lead in the final set to secure the win. His next opponent will be the winner of a match between fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon and Alejandro Falla of Colombia set for later Wednesday.
The most-anticipated match comes at night, when defending champion and world No. 2 Rafael Nadal makes his return from tendinitis in both knees that has kept him out of action since losing in the fourth round of the French Open on May 31 to Robin Soderling. Nadal takes on fellow Spaniard David Ferrer.
Fernando Verdasco advanced to the round of 16 with a 6-1, 6-1 win over Leonardo Mayer of Argentina. Verdasco will next face the winner of a match between fifth-seeded Andy Roddick and Igor Andreev to be played later Wednesday.