Rafael Nadal's Match Against Juan Ignacio Chela

MONTE-CARLO, MONACO - The No.1 ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain defeated the No. 167 ranked Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina yesterday (6-2, 6-3) at the 2009 Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters 1000. Nadal had slight difficulty at the start of the match (first two games) in his concentration against Chela, but then brought it all back together to defeat the Argentinean.

Rafael Nadal said yesterday in his match news conference that he looks at Monte-Carlo as an historic tournament and that he "would like to play good tennis and have a good result (in Monte-Carlo)".

theirEarth asked Nadal yesterday about his training routine off the court as he looks extremely fit. Nadal said "Not much. No, not a lot of things. I run enough on court. Outside sometimes I do some bicycle. But not a lot of things."