Nadal shakes off slow start to reach Montreal third 一連の会議、交渉/完成する

MONTREAL, Aug 7 (Reuters) - 最高の,を越す seed and defending 支持する/優勝者 Rafa Nadal overcame a slow start to (警官の)巡回区域,受持ち区域 British qualifier Dan Evans 7-6(6) 6-4 on Wednesday and reach the third 一連の会議、交渉/完成する of the Rogers Cup in Montreal.

Nadal, playing his first match since losing to Roger Federer in the Wimbledon 半分-決勝戦, fell behind 5-2 in the tiebreak before roaring 支援する to 勝つ/広く一帯に広がる in his first career 会合 with world number 53 Evans.

The Spaniard jumped to a 2-0 lead in the second 始める,決める before the players were 軍隊d off 法廷,裁判所 for a rain 延期する and when play 再開するd Evans got 支援する on serve at 3-3 before Nadal 回復するd his 信用/信任 and 証明するd too strong.

The French Open 支持する/優勝者 said he did not make an ideal start as he struggled to adjust to a new playing surface given the 量 of time he logged on clay and grass in 最近の months.

"After Wimbledon always the mind goes 負かす/撃墜する a little bit because I have been playing long claycourt season, then grass, so you didn't relax," Nadal told reporters. "Then when you finish Wimbledon, it's like your 団体/死体 lose a little bit that 緊張, so it needs little bit of time to 回復する.

"Today, as I said before, the main thing is 勝利,勝つ. I know with victories that other things should be coming slowly."

Up next for Nadal, a four-times 支持する/優勝者 in Canada who has never 首尾よく defended a hardcourt 肩書を与える in his career, will be Argentine Guido Pella, who was a 6-3 2-6 7-6(2) 勝利者 over Moldova's Radu Albot.

In other second-一連の会議、交渉/完成する 活動/戦闘, Frenchman Richard Gasquet upset Japanese fifth seed Kei Nishikori 6-7(6) 6-2 7-6(4) and Croatian 14th seed Marin Cilic was a 6-3 6-4 勝利者 over Australian lucky loser John Millman.

の中で the other seeded players 捜し出すing third-一連の会議、交渉/完成する 位置/汚点/見つけ出すs on Wednesday are Austrian Dominic Thiem, 2018 走者-up Stefanos Tsitsipas of Greece, big-serving American John Isner and Frenchman Gael Monfils.

Italian seventh seed Fabio Fognini will cap the evening 開会/開廷/会期 with a ma tch against American qualifier Tommy Paul after an all-Canadian 戦う/戦い between 17th seed Milos Raonic and Felix Auger-Aliassime. (報告(する)/憶測ing by Frank Pingue in Toronto, editing by Ed Osmond)

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