Defending champion Rafael Nadal swept aside US youngster Donald Young and booked a rematch with Aussie Open foe Jo-Wilfried Tsonga at the Indian Wells ATP Masters Series on Monday.
Nadal, ranked number two in the world and seeded second behind world number one Roger Federer, defeated 86th-ranked Young 6-1, 6-3, taking full advantage of the 18-year-old wild card's early nerves to pocket the first set quickly.
Young steadied in the second set, but was broken in the sixth game to trail 2-4. With Nadal serving for the match at 5-3, Young was unable to capitalise on one break point and the Spaniard duly served out what he called a "comfortable" win. "I think he started very nervous," Nadal said. "You see the score, it was 4-0 (in the first set). In the second set, I have the break for 4-2, I think he had some mistakes.
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