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Federer has played 79 won 16 Masters 1000, Nadal has reached that number only 51. The race continues

Home devastating to the Navy in the 1000 Rome Masters: Juan Carlos Ferrero, who won the tournament in 2001 and only executioner of Rafa Nadal in the Italian capital, overwhelmed by the Centrale came at the hands of Colombian Santiago Giraldo, 76 of the world, which had to contest the run-up and won by 6-0 6-3 in just 58 minutes. It was the first of a series of defeats broken only by the victory of Guillermo Garcia-Lopez over Argentine Juan Ignacio Chela. Also remarkable Albert Montanes KO against Italian Paolo Lorenzi, 96 of the world and guest of the organization while eliminating Marcel Granollers at the hands of Czech Tomas Berdych (10) would be as far as possible.

Giraldo, already highlighted during her junior (semi-finalist at the U.S. Open), it operates best in hard courts but by working with coaches Spanish-first, Ricardo Sanchez, since a couple of seasons with Górriz-Marc, has adapted his game to the aggressive and explosive clay. Yesterday in Rome achieved the biggest win of his career against Ferrero in his sixth ATP tournament of the season. It was "one of those days" where everything tasted the tennis player Ontinyent "went wrong".

From today the focus is on what they can do Roger Federer and Rafa Nadal. Federer has never registered its name in The winners of the Roman trial, four times, most recently in 2009, so has the Spaniard. Both have risen since 1000 with 16 Masters titles but did so in 79 tournaments (Federer, with a record of 205 wins for 63 losses) and 51 (Nadal, who accumulates a total of 170 victories and 35 defeats). If one of the two wins the title next Sunday would equal the record of Andre Agassi and, bearing in mind that there will still be another six tournaments by category held, the historical record of the player from Las Vegas has all the numbers to be overcome in this 2010.

They already know what his rivals in his first match at the Foro Italico. That game we all say and difficult. A Federer has played in the Latvian Ernests Gulbis luck, 40 of the world and quarterfinalist last week in Barcelona against Fernando Verdasco, who beat Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis. The Swiss, premiering on land, must be with care as the only previous clash between the two (Doha 2010) and needed three sets to win. Nadal, meanwhile, will have to face Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber, who has won all five times they have seen the faces (two of them on earth), but the Spaniard will not play today, as it will be Novak Djokovic Andy Murray.