Nadal beat Rainer Schuettler in his opening match with a 6-4 6-4 scoreline. There is always a sort of high drama attached with any game played by Rafael Nadal. Well, things were not different in Indian Wells, as Rafa did look somewhat over-occupied in the early stages of the match, but gradually he got into the groove in such a manner, as if he was playing in the final of the same tournament.

Both players were struggling against the strong wind blowing across the court and on couple of occasion, they looked very uncomfortable. But, in the end everything went well. Nadal outclassed Rainer with his amazing ground shots.  Another Spaniard, Juancarlos Ferrero thrashed Daniel Koellerer 6-3 6-0.

Other winners of the day are: Spaniard Guillermo Garcia-lopez who defeated Croatian Marin Cilic 6-7 0-6;  Tomas Berdych beat Florent Serra in an interesting match with a 7-5 4-6 6-4 scoreline; Ivan Ljubicic beat Ryan Harrison 2-6 6-7.

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