<div><b><span style="font-size: 12pt; ">Spaniard Nadal satisfied with 'important' 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 win over Argentine Juan Monaco in opener</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><div>Rafael Nadal unsurprisingly got Spain off to the perfect start in their Davis Cup final with Argentina in Seville yesterday.u00a0Nadal maintained his 100% record in the competition on clay with a 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 victory over Juan Monaco in the opening rubber.u00a0</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="/imagedata/2011/dec/Rafael.jpg" border="5" align="" alt="" /><br /></div><div><i><span style="font-size: 8pt; "><b>Red hot:</b> Rafael Nadal celebrates a point. Pic/AFP</span></i></div><div><br /></div><div>The world No 2 needed just two hours and 27 minutes to give four-time champions Spain a 1-0 lead and claim his 19th win in 20 singles rubbers - his only loss coming against Czech Jiri Novak on his debut as a 17-year-old in 2004.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nadal crashed out of the ATP World Tour finals in London in the group stages last week, but looked much more at home on his favourite red clay today.u00a0"It was a very very important victory for me and I played a really solid match," he told Sky Sports 4.</div></div>        

Spaniard Nadal satisfied with 'important' 6-1, 6-1, 6-2 win over Argentine Juan Monaco in opener

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