DOHA: Former world number one Rafael Nadal survived a first-round scare in the Qatar Open on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila), winning in three sets against fellow Spaniard Pablo Carreno Busta.

Nadal lost the first set in a tie-break and looked set to follow defending champion David Ferrer out of the tournament, who lost earlier in the day to Ukraine’s Ilya Mar-chenko, ranked number 94 in the world.

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