RIO DE JANEIRO: World number three Rafael Nadal made an impressive return to competition after an Australian Open quarter-final loss, dispatching Brazil's Thomaz Bellucci 6-4, 6-1 at the ATP Rio Open.

Defending champion Nadal, a 14-time Grand Slam champion, needed only 91 minutes in advancing to a second-round matchup against either Spanish compatriot Pablo Carreno Busta or Argentina's Carlos Berlocq.

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