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 Nadal appeared to be affected by something in the second set as
he sweated profusely and took his time between changeovers before
calling for the doctor early in the third set with television
microphones picking up he had an upset stomach.
Smyzcek cantered through the third set tiebreak before Nadal, who
had reportedly been bitten under the eye by a mosquito while
practicing ahead of the match, established a 5-2 lead in the fourth
set and sent it into a decider.
The fifth set went on serve until Nadal finally broke the resistance
of Smyzcek, whose scrambling game resembles that of former top-five
player David Ferrer, in the 11th game before wrapping up the win on
his fourth match.
He will next play Israel's Dudi Sela.
(Reporting by Greg Stutchbury, editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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