54th ranked Matosevic beat Fernando Verdasco 7-5 6-3 in the first round at the Monte Carlo Masters - his first match on clay in almost a year. He last won a clay match in the first round of French Open qualifying last May after earning his last ATP win on the surface in Munich a few weeks earlier.
This the first encounter between Nadal and Marinko Matosevic as they have never crossed each other in their professional career before.
After recovering from his knee injury, Nadal is on a winning spree and have won all of his last ten matches inclduing his win over Del Potro in the Indian Wells finals lately.
Marinko Matosevic on the other hand has been lucky to move to the second round of Monte Carlo as he has lost five of his last ten matches.
Nadal should not find any difficulty in handling the Australian.
The match today is scheduled for Wednesday, 17 April 2013 10:00 GMT
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