Spain’s 13th seed Fernando Verdasco and No. 16 Czech Tomas Berdych advanced on a day interrupted for a short period by showers and the fear of lightning.
German Tommy Haas was another winner. The 30-year-old beat Spain’s Carlos Moya 6-3, 6-2.
Canadian-born American Jesse Levine earned a match with second seed Nadal after beating Canada’s Peter Polansky 6-2, 6-4.
Swedes collected a hat-trick with first-round wins from Robin Soderling, lucky loser Thomas Johansson and 36-year-old Jonas Bjorkman.
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