MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rafa Nadal's immediate focus may not be on matching great rival Roger Federer's tally of 20 Grand Slam titles, but the Spanish world number one would go one step closer at the Australian Open on Thursday with a win over Federico Delbonis.
The French and U.S. Open champion opened his campaign Down Under with a 6-2 6-3 6-0 demolition of Bolivia's Hugo Dellien and will again be the overwhelming favourite in his second-round match. Argentine Delbonis has not taken a set off 33-year-old Nadal in three previous meetings.