Rafael Nadal eased into the third round of the Miami Open on a day when rain curtailed proceedings in Florida . The second seed 's 6-4 , 6-2 win over Nicolas Almagro was the fourth and final match played on the main court before the rain fell forcing 10 contests to be postponed until Saturday , including women 's top seed Serena Williams ' match against Monica Niculescu which did not start . Nadal has made the final four times at the event without claiming the title but looked to be in ominous form as he brushed aside his fellow Spaniard 6-4 , 6-2 in 89 minutes . Rafael Nadal beat fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro in straight sets in their second-round clash . The second seed was in good form as he brushed his countryman aside to reach the third round . 'In general , I think I played a solid match , ' he said . ' I played well . I had good movement . I had to put the balls in and play with no mistakes , that was the idea today with very tough conditions . 'Almagro was not an easy opponent for the first ( second ) round . I am happy for that . ' Heather Watson meanwhile , will have to mount a comeback against Angelique Kerber when her rain-interrupted match resumes . Kerber had just taken the first set 7-5 during the second round match when the players were brought off court due to the weather and , although the rain stopped for a short time , it soon returned and play was abandoned for the day . Heather Watson 's match against Angelique Kerber was postponed after bad weather struck . Angelique Kerber is one set up on Watson ... their match resumes on Saturday . Earlier , third seed and British No 1 Andy Murray cruised into the third round with a comfortable 6-4 , 6-2 win over America 's Donald Young . Murray will now face Colombian Santiago Giraldo , a 6-2 , 3-6 , 6-0 winner over Robin Haase as he aims for a third Miami triumph after lifting the title in 2009 and 2012 . Stan Warwrinka advanced with a hard-fought 6-7 ( 7/9 ) , 7-5 , 6-2 win over Carlos Berlocq while Tomas Berdych had an easier time of it , beating Hyeon Chung 6-3 , 6-4 to set up a clash with Bernard Tomic , a 7-6 ( 8/6 ) 7-5 winner over American Austin Krajicek . Home favourite Sam Querrey was knocked out as he lost 6-7 ( 5/7 ) , 7-6 ( 7/3 ) , 6-4 to Kevin Anderson while Dominic Thiem also needed three sets to beat 10th seed Feliciano Lopez 7-6 ( 7/4 ) , 4-6 , 6-3 . There were also wins for Leonardo Mayer , who overcame Jarkko Nieminen 6-4 , 7-6 ( 7/5 ) and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez , a 6-4 6-4 winner over Jan-Lennard Struff .
Rafael Nadal cruised through to the third round after straight-sets victory . The Spaniard beat Almagro 6-4 , 6-2 to progress at the Miami Open . Nadal has reached the final four times but is yet to win the title . TL;DR Roger Federer wins Wimbledon for a record eighth time and will face Andy Murray in Sunday's final.