BEIJING, Aug. 1 -- Rafael Nadal steamrolled to another overwhelming victory this season, crushing Florent Serra 6-0, 6-1 on Thursday in the second round of the ATP Cincinnati Masters tournament. The lop-sided victory took just 46 minutes and was the second runaway win for the world No 2 in less than three months. He also lost just one game in a dominating victory over German Denis Gremelmayr in the Barcelona semifinals.

Nadal also lost only four games when he beat No 84 Serra, of France, at the Australian Open in January.

It was the 30th consecutive match victory for Nadal who also laid down another marker for top ranked Roger Federer, who Nadal nows trails in the rankings by a razor-thin 300 points.

Rafael Nadal of Spain shakes his head after a 6-0,6-1 win against Florent Serra of France during the Cincinnati Masters on Wednesday at Lindner Family Tennis Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. AFP

But the Spaniard refuses to peer into the future: "I'm focused on Cincinnati, this is a very important tournament.

"If the number one comes it will be very difficult to achieve. I have to keep playing like I have for the last four months," said the Roland Garros and Wimbledon winner.

Dmitry Tursunov sent 11th seed Richard Gasquet packing, the Frenchman collapsing in the second set to go down 7-6 (8), 6-0.

Novak Djokovic timidly re-entered the rankings chase behind Nadal, the third-seeded Serbian advancing over Italy's Simone Bolelli 7-6 (2), 7-6 (2).

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