Nadal makes short work of Wawrinka

Rafa Nadal's late-season resurgence continued at the ATP World Tour Finals when he beat wayward French Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka 6-3, 6-2 on Monday.

The Spaniard, who has climbed back to fifth in the rankings after falling to 10th during a miserable summer, took advantage of an error-strewn Wawrinka display to move into a tie with Andy Murray atop the Ilie Nastase Group.

Nadal, back at the Tour finals after missing out last year because of appendicitis surgery, dropped his opening service game to love but then broke Wawrinka's as the first nine points all went the way of the receiver.