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Nadal was rarely at his best but still eased past Volandri The pair swapped breaks early on, but Nadal dominated after that with Volandri determined to take the Spaniard on from the back of the court.Nadal, in the opposite half of the draw from Britain’s Andy Murray, broke five times in sealing a 6-3 6-1 victory.Elsewhere, reigning champion Nikolay Davydenko beat Juan del Potro 7-6 6-1. The Russian number four seed recovered from a slow start to put Argentine Del Potro under

severe pressure and eventually raced through the match to set up a third-round tie against Ivan Ljubicic or Marcos Baghdatis. 606: DEBATE The race to Shanghai It was Davydenko’s first match since being fined US$2,000 (Ј976) for not trying hard enough during his defeat by Marin Cilic at the St Petersburg Open. Nadal will meet after the Swiss beat Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela 6-3 6-1.