Rafael Nadal continues to pound the fluff almost into smithereens with some ferocious baseline strokes, only to the then mix it up with a deft volleyed winner. 30-0.

Rafael Nadal saunters forward to meet a hanging Dan Evans return and slaps it into the empty court. He holds, and opens up a 5-0 lead in the second set.

With a whip and a crack, Rafael Nadal thunders his way to 40-0. Little Dan Evans can do right now to stop the swashbuckling Spaniard.

Evans gets the Spaniard on the run, draws him from right to left and then back again, but can only cup a volley into the tape under very little pressure.

Nadal breaks, and Spain are all but home in this second tie.

Ruthless from Rafa.

Two double break points.

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Dan Evans is having to go on the attack.

He's just a little loose with a forehand but then Rafael Nadal evens it up with a wayward backhand of his own. 15-15.

Miles Maclagan
Former British Davis Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

That was an opportunity for Evans at 0-15. He had a difficulty volley at 15-30 but then Nadal pulled out the ace.

Nadal must feel like he has this under control now.

Rafael Nadal consolidates the break. He's a set and break to the good. Work on for Dan Evans to save this match. We could well being going to a doubles decider to see who will face Canada in the Davis Cup final tomorrow...

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Wrist-wrecker of a serve from Rafael Nadal, thundering into the strings of Dan Evans and soaring back beyond his head. 40-30.

Evans looks to go back the way Nadal came from, but pokes wide on the overhead volley. He comes sauntering into the net again, and this time meets a Nadal backhand head on.

15-30.

Miles Maclagan
Former British Davis Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

Exactly what Nadal would have wanted, to get an early lead which he wasn’t able to do in the first set.

Evans has played some amazing stuff but the questions that keep getting asked of you by Nadal are so challenging.

That is a winner and a half from the world number one. What a magnificent return.

Dan Evans throws his frame towards it but the ball is already gone. Rafael Nadal breaks.

Rafael Nadal is just getting the edge. He engineers another break point chance.

Lovely. Cool as you like from the British number one. Dan Evans skips into the net and nonchalantly coaxes a volley over the tape to save the break. Deuce.

Annoyance on the face of Dan Evans after missing a down-the-line forehand that would have wrapped up the service game. And then Rafael Nadal steams a passing return winner beyond the stranded Brit. Break point Spain.

Was that a scream of frustration from Nadal? Or a roar of delight from Dan Evans? Hard to tell, but the Brit launches into an full-blown fist pump after a smart volleyed winner.

He hooks the next into the Madrid sky, Nadal watches it carefully and swats away with aplomb with a thundering overhead. Deuce.

Miles Maclagan
Former British Davis Cup player on BBC Radio 5 Live Sports Extra

The top players, the likes of Nadal and Djokovic, they are predators. As soon as they see a weakness it gives them energy. Evans needs to maintain his intensity.

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A slog-fest of a rally, but Rafael Nadal comes out on top after Dan Evans prods long on a stretching volley. Evans fires back quickly and then screams down an ace for 30-15.

Neat serve-and-volley winner to close out his opening service game from Rafael Nadal.