Ailing Rafael Nadal eases into Swiss Indoors second round

October 21, 2014 05:05 am | Updated May 23, 2016 04:12 pm IST

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns a ball to Italy's Simone Bolelli in the Swiss Indoor tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland on Monday.

Spain's Rafael Nadal returns a ball to Italy's Simone Bolelli in the Swiss Indoor tennis tournament at the St. Jakobshalle in Basel, Switzerland on Monday.

Rafael Nadal did not appear to be affected by his appendicitis problems as he charged into the second round of the Swiss Indoors with a no nonsense 6-2 6-2 win over Simone Bolelli on Monday.

The Spanish second seed has been taking antibiotics to delay the need for surgery and was relieved to emerge unscathed from his match against his Italian opponent.

"I had some doubts that I would be able to compete well," the former world number one told reporters.

"Today was a very positive victory for me. I'm very happy for what happened. With my summer-long wrist injury and now the appendix, it's not been a great season. This was a dangerous match for me and I won it."

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