Rafael Nadal glides into second round of Australian Open and dampens title talk
(The Guardian Sports News)

o Spaniard dispatches Bolivia´s Hugo Dellien 6-2, 6-3, 6-0o Nadal insists he does not think about winning 20 major titlesWhether it is reasonable to sign up for Rafael Nadal´s repeated assertion that he does not lose sleep over passing Roger Federer´s record of 20 majors, it is easier to accept that Melbourne is the place where the Spaniard who is parked on 19 grand slam titles - 12 of them on clay - will find it hardest to do exactly that.Nadal has won one Australian Open title, epically in five sets against a prime Federer in 2009, and lost in four other finals: once against Federer, Novak Djokovic twice, and in 2014 when Stan Wawrinka broke a career 12-0 duck against him to win the first of his three major titles and then show Melbourne that the Swiss know how to have a good time. Continue reading...