World number two Rafael Nadal geared up to overcome a set behind to defeat unseeded American Justin Gimelstob 5-7, 6-4, 6-4 in their backlog second round face-off at the China Open tennis tournament on Friday.

Still awaiting the top-seeded Spaniard in the evening is a quarterfinal matchup against Peter Wessels, who beat home player Wang Yu earlier the same day, since rain washed out the entire Thursday's play and forced a double-up schedule on Friday.

Number two seed Guillermo Coria of Argentina also faces a second match against Russian seventh seed Mikhail YouZhny in a day after he cleared a delayed second-round clash with Japanese lucky loser Toshihide Matsui, winning 6-1, 6-0.

(Xinhua News Agency September 16, 2005)