Nadal warms up for Oz Open with title

MELBOURNE: Top seed Rafael Nadal beat American qualifier Maxime Cressy 76(6), 6-3 to win the Melbourne Summer Set 1 ATP 250 event and build up momentum heading into the Australian Open. The Spaniard was largely untroubled as he wrapped up the win in an hour 48 minutes. Cressy was put under pressure by Nadal from the off, having to defend three break points in his first service game, but there was little to separate the two for the rest of the first set, which required a tiebreak.