TENNIS

RAFAEL NADAL put his loss to Dominic Thiem in Madrid behind him by dropping just one game against Bosnian Damir Dzumhur in his opening match at the Italy International in Rome.

The Spaniard blitzed Dzumhur 6-1 6-0 in an hour.

It was the 13th time Nadal (above) has dropped only one game in a match, but he is still looking for his first ‘double bagel’.