Djokovic and Rafael nadal striving hard to reach third round of Mutua Madrid Open

Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal were both made to buckle down before booking their places in the third round of the Mutua Madrid Open on Wednesday. 

In his initially coordinate since changing his instructing group trying to change fortunes taking after a troublesome begin to the year, Djokovic was taken to three sets by Spain's Nicolas Almagro in a match which gone on for two and a quarter hours. 

In tempestuous conditions the Serb started emphatically and fled with the principal set, 6-1, preceding Almagro fought back to win the second set 6-4 to take the match to a withdrawing set. 

That set remained in a critical state until Djokovic could guarantee what ended up being the definitive break in the eleventh session of the set and he was then ready to serve out to advance into third round. 

Home most loved Rafael Nadal, who is number 4 seed in Madrid, had his second round amusement against Italian, Fabio Fognini delayed from Tuesday to Wednesday to enable him to conquer a troublesome ear disease, yet despite everything he required only three minutes under three hours before at long last overcoming Fognini 7-6 (3), 3-6, 6-4. 

Nadal was underneath his best and it was not until he enjoyed an unequivocal reprieve in the last diversion, soon after having his own particular set broken that the match was at last chosen. 

Number six seed Kei Nishikori returned in the wake of losing the principal set to Diego Schwartzman to assert a 1-6, 6-0, 6-4 win, while number five seed Milos Raonic appreciated a more clear 6-4, 6-4 triumph against Giles Muller. Tomas Berdych, the 11 seed, likewise advanced into the third round after a 7-6 (5), 6-3 win against Robin Haase of the Netherlands. 

In the interim Jo-Wilfred Tsonga was compelled to pull back from Madrid as the consequence of a shoulder harm permitting Spain's David Ferrer a bye into the last 16. 

In the ladies' competition, Chinese qualifier, Wang Qiang set up solid resistance before in the long run surrendering to number 8 seed, Svetlana Kuznetsova. 

Number three seed, Simona Halep is into the quarter-finals after her 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 triumph more than 16 seed Samantha Stosur and she will be joined there by Rumanian special case, Sorana Cirstea and Kiki Bertens.