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Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer were together on Saturday Mallorca-Barcelona. The Alicante, fervent FC Barcelona, Messi admits that he enjoyed his friend's misfortune to merengue.

Rafael Nadal and David Ferrer were together on Saturday Mallorca-Barcelona. The Alicante, fervent FC Barcelona, Messi admits that he enjoyed his friend's misfortune to merengue. A footballing appetizer for Tuesday's match at Crandon Park in the second round at Key Biscayne, where the Mallorcan will number two the world if it reaches the final. This will require knocking out David rocky, as expected "a tough game, like all I've played with him."

For now, you have 11 previous eight decanted to Nadal, including the last four, three of them on clay. "It may be better for me to play on hard courts, but also not a guarantee," says Ferrer, Rafa's executioner in the second round of U.S. Open 2007.

More or less accepted their inferiority tennis, -Ferruginous that yes, it has very clear strategy, "more aggressive" than normal, "because if you start to move balls with Rafa, you take the track and you win." A sincere confession of David, who has not practiced this week with his friend. He has not even seen their games against Taylor Dent and David Nalbandian on television.

Were these two success stories to Nadal, "aware of the importance of each game," need to regain confidence in their forces by the imminent arrival of the season on clay. "Every victory gives me more confidence," summed up defeating Argentina in nearly two hours of tennis.

"We had a very long first set and I think it was better for me than for him," said Rafa just leave the center court. In victory, might come across in the second round with Andy Roddick, recent finalist at Indian Wells, a favorite at its intersection with the German Benjamin Becker. Without a trophy to put in their mouth for 11 months, the Balearic dreams of reaching the final, its roof in Miami, where he already lost the title in 2005 to Roger Federer and 2007 to Nikolay Davydenko.

MARK forward the list on Wednesday in his diary · Costa will be watching developments in the injury of David Ferrer to the last moment · Tommy Robredo will be the fifth man, common in the coach calls

Albert Costa went to Paris last Sunday with the homework done. Although follow-up makes a last Spanish players in his head already has decided the quartet that will play the Davis Cup final against the Czech Republic, from 4 to 6 December. Rafael Nadal, who has missed the last two qualifiers through injury and is leading the next-Navy-Fernando Verdasco, David Ferrer and Feliciano Lopez. You will have the chance to recover also from its low last year against Argentina.

Costa finished outlining his team during the Valencia Open 500, where he took the opportunity to talk in person with Verdasco, Lopez and Ferrer, who explained what their plans were. The presence of Nadal, No. 2 ATP, was rather than decided. The Spaniard, depending on the final development might even jump on Saturday in the doubles point, although the initial idea is that coach Rafa just concentrate on singles.

Ferrero will not be one of the biggest surprises in the call will be made official on Monday in Logroño is the exclusion, even as a reserve, Juan Carlos Ferrero. The Valencian, who helped in the two previous rounds to reach the final, has been discarded as the fifth player in favor of Tommy Robredo.

Thus, Ferrero, low this week at the Paris Masters in 1000 of a cold that left him with very low defenses, can not wear short in the same place, the Palau Sant Jordi, where he began his career at dawn 2000, when he was instrumental in the victory in the first Davis Cup title won by the Spanish courts. Robredo, who has been in all calls for Albert Costa since he is captain of team will await the recovery of Ferrer, who suffers from the adductor magnus microrrotura left leg.

The Spanish Tennis Federation went on sale the 5,500 seats available to the general public to attend the final in a single payment for three days. The rest, up to the 16,500 places in the Palau Sant Jordi, are divided between those that correspond to the International Federation, invitations, sponsors, federal and Czech fans, who were entitled to 10% of capacity, 1,500 entries.

Say it is not extraterrestrial, but his numbers speak otherwise. With its victory before David Ferrer, Rafael Nadal reached his fifth consecutive Open Banco Sabadell Barcelona. The shooting follows the piston down without break after his compatriot in the final pentacampeonato achieved in his second home.

So live the match between Manacor and the Javea.
The climate party respected the time, the center court of the Royal Tennis Club of Barcelona dressed gala for the occasion and the final desmereció, although the script was expected. Rafa Nadal (1) was imposed on David Ferrer (4) by a score of 6-2 overall and 7-5 after an hour and forty five minutes of play.

The match was unusual, with both players more successful than the rest of the service. Good because it had the proportions of the poor and the first services of a good and when they do not have the pressure of the draw. Nadal was the first to successfully join the game with his serve and took advantage. Ferrer was below the marker, and although the exchange stand from the bottom of the track Nadal ended succumbing in the first set by 6-2 to a strong reflection of what was not like he was the first manga.

The second set was another story. A combative Ferrer threw the towel in no time and no one to challenge Nadal not far from definitive. What was the first bars of the set, dropping drive as a hose, moving his opponent from side to side of the track. However, the combined strengths balear forced with no errors and that got David into the party. Meanwhile, Alicante was the first time in the shock front and the light was at a verge of a break in the sixth game that could have delayed the game to the third set. Nadal saved the situation and gave a speed of more in the eleventh game. One later, did not hesitate to close the game the fast track ...

Nadal achieved in this way their fifth title of Count Godó. Manacor The only lost to Alex Corretja this clay, when it still had no majority, their first participation, and has since chained 24 consecutive victories. The amount of Manacor and continues: fourth title of the season, the thirty-fifth of his career, the twenty-fourth on clay ... Pass the following ...

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SPANISH the tennis was very happy with ARGENTINA TO VICTORY

Rafael Nadal did not want to lose the opportunity to congratulate Spain after winning the Davis Cup with Argentina and said that "what we have achieved is spectacular and unique. It's very difficult to get a salad like this and you can congratulate them all for the good tennis to have done. "

The world number one admitted that "I have lived the final with many nerves. Now it's time to congratulate we expected, "said Rafa told Spanish Television.

"Fernando Verdasco was very bright. Especially from the fourth set. Before, in the second and the third was a bit nervous. Feliciano has done a great knockout and Ferrer, but has spent some months in this very tough stretch end of the year, is vital to this team "

"I have enjoyed from home, with many nerves"
Nadal wanted in the abstract Players who have won in Argentina. It was a year too complicated with the theme of the President but Emilio Sanchez Vicario has been able to form a good group and its work has been excellent. "

"I would have liked to be there to embrace. They have made a gesture," said Manacor. "I think it is impossible to be happier. They have achieved something impressive. Winning in Argentina that had a lot of playoffs without losing at home in an adverse environment even less than they prominence and focus the merits in the four tennis players in Mar del Plata. "We have to talk about the four that have achieved this victory and we have to enjoy it. I've enjoyed at home. With nerves. But I have enjoyed," said the tennis shooting, which highlighted the role of captain Emilio Sanchez Vicario.

"Emilio has been very good at all times. There have been moments complicated. This is no time to talk about it, the differences with the president, Pedro Munoz. But Emilio has been able to create that pineapple and everyone around the team have formed a team. Has been with the set at all times. I am a player and this has been proved. Emilio has managed to convey that to this quartet, "said Rafael Nadal, who did not forget to members of the Spanish tennis disputed that the first year's playoffs.

"Tommy Robredo and Nicolas Almagro not be forgotten. Neither of all who have helped. They were sacrificed in the elimination of Peru and now we must thank the effort of those moments, "recalled the world's number one.