Tomorrow will face the winner of the Roddick-Davydenko

One point marked the decline of a tense battle. During 72 minutes Rafael Nadal and Tomas Berdych had a fight dense, very tactical, nothing spectacular. The Mallorcan insisted machaconamente throwing balls long and very liftadas unlike his rival to prevent it using his tremendous right flat. And the Czech used the minimum option to take this hub and martillear.

Nadal, who saved two breaks in his second service and another in the fourth, took their first choice to break the serve of his opponent: 5-3. Berdych saved a ball set in the next game, and with his draw, with two other 15-40. In the tie-break Rafa was 6-3 and had three other balls September. Nor. But then, for Nadal 7-6, Berdych committed double fault, the only one in the whole match, and handed the set.

It ended the war. Oliendo blood, Nadal was launched as a wolf his prey at the start of the second set and broke Berdych for the service to begin. "I knew that he had done twice lack damage and that the next game could be crucial, as was" confirmed Nadal at the end of the match.

It ended the tremendous power of the Czech, who still tried to recover by winning their next two service (4-2). But Nadal already flying. There was no concession to his draw and no longer had that bore with his appeal liftadas ball. His range of strokes was more varied and effective. And Rafa wound up the set with two more games, the last blank: 6-2 in just 29 minutes. Berdych, a huge rock at the beginning, ending broken by the great mental strength of Nadal, which now seems to fail Federer. Tomorrow (19:00, La2 and Teledeporte) Nadal will play the final in Miami. If the wins will be placed only 500 points of Federer. It deserves to be number 1.