Nadal 前進するs to start 企て，努力，提案 for 1st 重要な Biscayne
KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (AP) - Rafael Nadal's first 握りこぶし pump Friday followed his second point in the Miami Open, when he kissed a forehand off the sideline to 勝利，勝つ a long 決起大会／結集させる.
He …を伴ってd the celebratory gesture with a skip in his step and then 攻撃する，衝突する the accelerator, 持つ／拘留するing every service game to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Dudi Sela 6-3, 6-4.
Thus began Nadal's 最新の 企て，努力，提案 to 勝利，勝つ 重要な Biscayne.
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, gestures after 敗北・負かすing Dudi Sela,?of イスラエル, during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 24, 2017, in 重要な Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
"A lot of big 動機づけ," he said.
He's playing the tournament for the 13th time and has never won it, although he was the 走者-up in 2005, 2008, 2010 and 2014. At 0 for 12, it's Nadal's longest 干ばつ at any event, and perhaps the most glaring gap in the 14-time Grand 激突する 支持する／優勝者's 再開する.
Does it bug him? He won't 収容する／認める to any 失望／欲求不満, but let slip that he still remembers the exact 得点する／非難する／２０ when he was two points from the 肩書を与える in the third 始める，決める versus Novak Djokovic.
That was six years ago.
"Against Novak - 6-5, 15-30," Nadal said. "It didn't happen."
The Spaniard has always enjoyed the atmosphere in Miami, where Latin fans give him enthusiastic support, and he likes the tournament's hard 法廷，裁判所s. He's 簡単に 延滞の.
"I'm trying my best every year," Nadal told the stadium （人が）群がる after 派遣（する）ing Sela. "I've been very の近くに four times. I will try to give myself another chance."
No. 11-seeded Venus Williams, whose third and most 最近の 重要な Biscayne 肩書を与える （機の）カム in 2001, won her 開始 match against Beatriz Haddad Maia, 6-4, 6-3. No. 1 Angelique Kerber played until nearly 1 a.m. to （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Duan Ying-Ying 7-6 (3), 6-2.
Nadal is 15-4 this year and pleased with his play. He lost to Roger Federer in the Australian Open final, and again in the fourth 一連の会議、交渉／完成する at Indian 井戸／弁護士席s last week.
Against Sela, Nadal served 井戸／弁護士席, erased the only two break points he 直面するd and overcame the 時折の errant groundstroke on a 風の強い afternoon.
"It was very difficult to find the 権利 feelings," Nadal said. "These 肉親，親類d of days, what you have to do is try to 勝利，勝つ. That's what I did, and I'm happy with that."
Making Nadal's 肩書を与える 企て，努力，提案 easier will be the absence of six-time 支持する／優勝者 Djokovic and two-time 支持する／優勝者 Andy Murray, both out with 肘 傷害s.
But No. 3-seeded Milos Raonic is 支援する. He won in his first match since Feb. 25, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Viktor Troicki 6-3, 7-5. Raonic had been sidelined by a 権利 脚 傷害.
"I've 用意が出来ている the best I can for this tournament," Raonic said. "I'm not やむを得ず in the best position 権利 now, but fortunately it's a long tournament. Doesn't mean things can't change and I can't get better throughout this event."
No. 2 Kei Nishikori （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Kevin Anderson 6-4, 6-3. No. 7 Marin Cilic lost to Jeremy Chardy 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. American Jack Sock, seeded 13th, 前進するd when Yoshihito Nishioka retired with an 傷害 主要な 4-2 in the first 始める，決める.
In women's play, Elena Vesn ina made a quick 出口 only five days after winning the biggest 肩書を与える of her career. Seeded 13th, Vesnina lost her 開始 match to wild card Ajla Tomljanovic 3-6, 6-4, 7-5.
Vesnina （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Svetlana Kuznetsova in the Indian 井戸／弁護士席s final.
In a match that took two days because of rain, No. 6 Garbine Muguruza 決起大会／結集させるd past Christina McHale 0-6, 7-6 (6), 6-4. No. 3 Simona Halep （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Naomi Osaka 6-4, 2-6, 6-3. American qualifier Taylor Townsend 除去するd No. 25 Robert Vinci 6-3, 6-2.
Rafael Nadal, of Spain, returns the ball to Dudi Sela,?of イスラエル, during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 24, 2017, in 重要な Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Venus Williams, of the 部隊d 明言する／公表するs, follows through on a return to Beatriz Haddad Maia, of Brazil, during the Miami Open tennis tournament, Friday, March 24, 2017, in 重要な Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Luis M. Alvarez)
Elena Vesnina, of Russia, looks out on the 法廷，裁判所 during a にわか雨 in a break in a match against Ajla Tomljanovic, of Croatia, at the Miami Open, Friday, March 24, 2017 in 重要な Biscayne, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo 物陰／風下)
