Has yielded only 14 games in three rounds he has played so far in Monte Carlo · Since losing to Guillermo Coria in the second round in 2003, the Spaniard has six titles in the principality • Second `semis in Monte Carlo Murray
Nothing and nobody can stop that from time to Rafael Nadal on clay. The world No. 1 is just steps from his seventh title in Monte Carlo. He qualified for the semifinals after beating Ivan Ljubicic in a crash marked by the strong wind that blew in the principality and now expects to Andy Murray, who beat Frederico Gil Friday.
Rafa Nadal, top seed and current defending champion, won with authority to Croatian Ivan Ljubicic by an aggregate score of 6-1 and 6-3 after an hour and twenty minutes of play in a match in the third shift Center Court of the Monte Carlo Country Club. The opening period was weird. Both players were caught by surprise strong wind Solpo then on the table and soon found the rhythm. In 20 minutes were consumed only three games, three at rest and two of them favorable to Nadal who was the first to ratify his serve. And that ended the set. The Spaniard, comfortable in the back door, took advantage of the constant errors Ljubicic to take advantage. The Croatian, who saw the address of your lashes with the right hand did not find the right direction, fell to the network the desperate, giving a good account of that Rafa is one of the best specialists in the art of 'passing-shot. " Nadal sealed the first set in his favor after losing only a dozen points.
Ljubicic's serve sentenced
Nadal chained seven straight games and a streak of 30 wins of 36 points played. Ljubicic was looking for ANSWERS to his poor background with the first service (41% efficiency) at the same time I kept adding unforced errors. Missed two balls to break into a third game that gave crashing a forehand into the net half-court. The bike then went to ground. Nadal, meanwhile, knew it was not the day to shine but to make a cash game. He put on his fatigues and tried to settle the proceedings as soon as possible. He did save a 15-40 and put the finishing touch with a good right.
Nadal has six titles in the principality, where he lost only his first participation in 2003 (Second round to Guillermo Coria). For now sign here a wealth of 37-1. Happens next. In the semis, Rafa will have to contend with Britain's Andy Murray, seeded third in the tournament, who beat Frederico Gil of Portugal, the only survivor of the previous phase, which won by a score of 6-2 and 6-1 after an hour eleven minutes of play in the crash which closed the day at Central. Nadal and Murray will play their second semi-finals in Monte Carlo (2009) have been measured so far 13 times, with a wealth of friendly 9-4 Spaniard, who has won both times have been measured both on clay (Hamburg 2008, Montecarlo 2009) in addition to the previous finale between these two pairs (semifinals Masters Cup in London 2010, 7-6, 3-6, 7-6).