MONTREAL, Aug 11: Top seed Rafael Nadal of Spain eased to a 6-1 6-2 victory over Brazil’s Ricardo Mello in the second round of a rain-affected Montreal Masters on Wednesday.

The world number two made quick work of Mello after waiting out the rain, which caused the schedule to be backed up throughout the day, with matches going on until late in the evening.

The 19-year-old French Open champion delighted the crowd with his fist-thumping enthusiasm as he dominated his over-matched opponent to set up a third round encounter against Sebastien Grosjean.

Results (second round): Nikolay Davydenko bt Tomas Berdych 5-7 6-1 6-3; Gaston Gaudio bt Kenneth Carlsen 3-6 6-2 7-5; Andre Agassi bt Jonas Bjorkman 6-1 3-6 6-2; Mario Ancic bt Florent Serra 6-3 3-6 7-5; Greg Rusedski bt Max Mirnyi 4-6 6-4 7-6(2); Olivier Rochus bt Robin Soederling 6-2 6-7(2) 5-2 (Soederling retired); Nicolas Kiefer bt Taylor Dent 6-4 6-4; Mariano Puerta bt Andrei Pavel 3-6 6-3 6-4; Rafael Nadal bt Ricardo Mello 6-1 6-2; Karol Beck bt David Nalbandian 7-6(1) 6-7(3) 6-3; Juan Carlos Ferrero bt David Ferrer 7-5 4-6 6-3; Xavier Malisse bt 12-Thomas Johansson 7-5 7-6(4); Dominik Hrbaty bt Jiri Novak 6-3 4-6 6-0; Tommy Robredo bt Younes El Aynaoui 7-6(4) 7-6(6); Paul-Henri Mathieu bt Arnaud Clement 6-3 3-6 6-3; Sebastien Grosjean bt 15-Richard Gasquet 7-6(5) 6-3

Kuzentsova beaten

LOS ANGELES: Russia’s Svetlana Kuznetsova continued her poor run of form in the build up to the defence of her U.S. Open title, falling 6-4 6-4 to Greece’s Eleni Daniilidou in the second round of JP Morgan Chase Open on Wednesday.