WELCOME to Rafael Nadal's quest for a third-round spot against Federico Delbonis on Rod Laver.

R. Nadal vs F. Delbonis | Australian Open

Men's Singles | Round 2 | 23.01.2020 | Rod Laver Arena

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R. Nadal (1)

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F. Delbonis

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Ben Snowball

Updated 23/01/2020 at 12:27 GMT

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NADAL WINS IN STRAIGHT SETS! It wasn't easy, particularly in that second set, but Nadal is through to the Australian Open third round.

NADAL 6-3 7-6 5-1 DELBONIS. Concern as Nadal fires a return into a ball girl's face, with the Spaniard rushing over to check she's OK. Anyway, it's another break and he's almost there.

NADAL 6-3 7-6 4-1 DELBONIS. Right, let's wrap this up.

NADAL 6-3 7-6 3-1 DELBONIS. Told ya.

NADAL 6-3 7-6 2-1 DELBONIS. Nadal holds. Guaranteed he breaks in the next game.

NADAL 6-3 7-6 1-1 DELBONIS. Delbonis just won't go away. He's heading for the word 'valiant' in our headline.

NADAL 6-3 7-6 1-0 DELBONIS. Nadal is taken to deuce. The outcome is inevitable.

NADAL WINS SECOND SET TIE-BREAK! Delbonis may have escaped in regulation games, but the tie-break is an unforgiving foe. His serve is breached just once but it's enough. Nadal leads by two sets and is surely safe now.

TIE-BREAK TIME! Nadal bins a sitter into the net on the first point, but it doesn't matter. A tie-break will settle the second set.

NADAL 6-3 5-6 DELBONIS. Delbonis swats away ANOTHER BREAK POINT - the ninth of this set - to book his ticket for the tie-break. Ominously, for Nadal anyway, the 29-year-old is starting to flourish in the bruising baseline rallies.

NADAL 6-3 5-5 DELBONIS. The Spaniard is under pressure at 15-30 and then deuce. Still no break points for Delbonis as Nadal wriggles away, but he's firmly in this match now!

NADAL 6-3 4-5 DELBONIS. Finally, an easy hold for Delbonis. He's one game away from the second set!

NADAL 6-2 4-4 DELBONIS. Over to you again, Federico.

NADAL 6-2 3-4 DELBONIS. Three more break points come and go for Nadal. Masterful clutch tennis from Delbonis.

NADAL 6-3 3-3 DELBONIS. Delicious from Nadal as he jumps, facing away from the net, before somehow planting a drop volley in mid-air. We're level again.

NADAL 6-3 2-3 DELBONIS. That's now five break points saved in this set alone by Delbonis, who claws his way to another service hold. He's 13/14 for the match. Sadly, he's 0/0 on Nadal's serve.

NADAL 6-3 2-2 DELBONIS. Slight computer malfunction, so apologies for the silence, but we're back in the game. Still on serve, so you've missed nothing.

NADAL 6-3 0-1 DELBONIS. Brilliant work from Delbonis, who swats away three break points to hold at the start of the second.

NADAL WINS FIRST SET! It isn't easy for Nadal, who is forced to deuce, but he eventually takes the set at the fourth time of asking.

NADAL 5-3 DELBONIS. Delbonis is finding his service games really tough, with Nadal again forcing him to deuce and earning a couple of set points. The Argentine eventually holds, though.