Tennis: Nadal survives Rome scare
1 Rafael Nadal was a relieved chap once avoiding a shock next successive defeat on his favored outside, while rivals Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer had thumbs down such problems next to the Rome Masters on Wednesday.Second-ranked Djokovic ended Nadals 37-match winning run on soil while he triumphed within the final within Madrid on Sunday, and the Serbian strolled to a 6-0 6-3 victory more Polands Lukasz Kubot within his opening match within the Italian headquarters.Nadal besides had an opening bye, but the Spaniard was clothed in hassle clothed in his second-round clash alongside earth veto. 83 Paolo Lorenzi later than behind the originator place indoors a tiebreak at that time trailing 30-0 by the side of 4-4 indoors the trice.The 24-year-old, seeking his third successive Rome crown and sixth in vogue seven years, battled back to triumph 6-7 5-7 6-4 6-0 in vogue two hours 37 minutes in opposition to the Italian qualifier.I played very disobediently .