The Thai is bidding to emulate former world number one Ivan Lendl by becoming only the second man to win the Long Island tournament three years in a row.
The Australian second seed eased past Frenchman Olivier Mutis 7-6, 6-1 to reach round two of the $380,000 Long Island Cup.
He beat Sargis Sargsian of Armenia 6-4 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Defending champ Guillermo Canas lost to Karol Kucera 6-1 7-5.
He beat Sargis Sargsian of Armenia 6-4 6-4 in the quarterfinals. Defending champ Guillermo Canas lost to Karol Kucera 6-1 7-5.
The second seed displayed the ruthless form that took him up 110 places in the world rankings last year.
Here's a look at Nadal's other early exits from the tournament:
The Russian registered an easy 6-2, 6-2 victory in the second round of the Rome Masters.
The Spaniard beat Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4, 3-6, 7-5 to claim the title.
Making an astonishing comeback from the brink of defeat, defending champion Paradorn Srichaphan of Thailand pipped fourth seed Spaniard Tommy Robredo 1-6, 7-6, 7-5.
The defending champion beat Russian Igor Andreev in straight sets at the Tata Open tennis championship.
Asia's top player Paradorn Srichaphan defends his title at the ATP Indian Open, which starts on Monday.
Prakash Amritraj will face Harsh Mankad in the first round of the ATP Tour Tata Open at Chennai.
Carlos Moya, Paradorn Srichaphan and Felix Mantilla are the other top players who have already confirmed their entry.
Ferrero brushed aside Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan 6-4 6-2, a result that will be enough to keep him on top of the world rankings.
Roddick withstood a fierce onslaught from 12th seed Paradorn Srichaphan while Federer beat Feliciano Lopez.
The 12th seeded Thai saved two match-points as he stormed back from two sets down to beat Frenchman Olivier Mutis in the second round at Wimbledon.
The Thai ace is the first Asian man in the top 10 since rankings were introduced in August 1973.
The second seed's career has been on an upward swing ever since he finished as the losing finalist in Chennai last year.
They posted comfortable semi-final victories over Jean Rene Lisnard of France and Juan Ignacio Chela of Argentina respectively in the Tata Open tennis tournament.
The top seed powered into the semi-finals of the Los Angeles Open with a 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 win over Paradorn Srichaphan.
American Sam Querry became the latest Wimbledon giant slayer on Saturday as he beat defending champion Novak Djokovic 7-6(6) 6-1 3-6 7-6(5) in the third round. The defeat ended Djokovic's run of winning 30 consecutive grand slam matches. The world number one had arrived at the All England Club as the reigning champion at all four grand slam tournaments.
There comes a moment in all great sporting careers when the puzzle fits together and for Kei Nishikori it arrived on a sweltering early September afternoon in New York.
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