Melbourne: Rafael Nadal refused to get carried away by his first round win in the Australian Open yesterday, despite admitting he found beating Mikhail Youzhny easier than expected.


Rafael Nadal serves against Mikhail Youzhny at Melbourne Park yesterday. Pic/Getty Images  

Nadal won his ninth French Open title last year, but lost in the fourth round of Wimbledon and then spent almost three months on the sidelines with a wrist injury that forced him to miss the US Open.