Its record of victories grows after gaining to Davydenko Disputará the end of Rome against Fernando González
Rafael Nadal will dispute today, Sunday, (15,30 hours) his third consecutive end in the Masters Series of Rome. In a death party in front of the Russian Nikolay Davydenko (4), the manacorense prevailed in the penultimate round by 7-6 (3), 6-7 (8) and 6-4 after three hours and 38 minutes of game. This authentic maratón twice constituted a constant pugilato between the aggressive Russian and his rival champion of the match.
With this new Nadal triumph it elevates to 76 the consecutive victories on beaten earth track. To Nadal it waits for east Sunday a duel to him with the Chilean Fernando González, who prevailed in semifinals to the Italian Filippo Volandri (53), twig in the match of the Swiss Roger Federer. This time Volandri was a cartoon of which it prevailed the world-wide leader. Fernando González, winner in quarters of Juan Ignacio Chela, defeated to the nervous transalpino tennis player by 6-1 and 6-2 in only one hour and seven minutes.
Volandri was the deception of its compatriots. Disoriented in the track, bound tightly even, it committed too many failures in benefit of his Chilean opponent, who this year arrived at the end of the Open of Australia, in that was won by Federer. Indeed, Fernando González has not forgotten that in that match, quarterfinals, he surpassed Rafael Nadal, with whom in this day will fight to reach the title in the Roman competition. González sent a species of warning to Rafael Nadal: ?With these results I feel more able of many things?.
The Majorcan, who this season has gained the matches of Indian Wells, Montecar it, and Godó Trophy, sets out to reach his third consecutive title in the Itálico Forum after to have eliminated, in addition to a Davydenko, to Daniele Bacciali, Mikhail Youzhny and Novak Djokovic.
Dramatic In its semifinal against Davydenko, Nadal could have signed the victory before. In the second Seth it had advantage of the 5-3 and serve to his favor. He was not able, nevertheless, to neutralize the offensive of his adversary. The truth is that to Nadal nobody clears the scare to him of the body. With his long and crossed shots it dominated per moments the Russian player. The party was épico, intense and even dramatic. Davydenko was as machine-it sends to balls, using the call mechanism windshield wiper, sending a ball to the right and to another one the left. Nadal had to run like never resisting that system. The Balearic one was blunt in the first service and little deep in its game during both first sets. In any case, it is his victory number 76 like demonstration of which there it does not do disgusts to him to the overcome ones.
The one of Manacor spent more energies than its adversary and can pay to the consequences before a Fernando González who strikes the ball so or more hard than nobody. Davydenko and Volandri go away of the match with 85,000 euros each one. The Masters Series of Rome is equipped with 2.082.500 euros, from whose number the champion will receive 340,000 euros.