Slovakia clinched a place in the Hopman Cup final for the second successive year after they beat the Netherlands 3-0.
The defending champion beat Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia in the quarter-finals of the RCA Tennis Championships.
The Indo-Belarusian pair was given a scare by Anthony Dupuis of France and Lee Hung-taik of South Korea at the US Open.
The duo will take on Dominik Hrbaty of Slovakia and Andre Sa of Brazil in the first round.
Spain's Fernando Verdasco came back from the brink of defeat to beat the top seed 6-7, 7-6, 6-4 in the last 16 of the Rome Masters.
Nadal, is known to have a superior win-loss record over most top players (including Andy Murray and Novak Djokovic), but believe it or not, there are players on the circuit who have an edge over Nadal.