Rafael Nadalmontecarlo 2008

Rafael Nadal got his first title of the year against the world number one, Roger Federer, imposed for the fourth consecutive year in the finals of Monte Carlo, by a double 7-5 in one hour and 44 minutes.

After two late missed against Russians, in Chennai face Mikhail Youzhny and Nikolay Davidenko in Miami before, Nadal endorsed its global hegemony on clay with a solid victory over the best tennis player in the world that gave him the twenty-fourth title of his career.



The match was to face Federer, Nadal broke serve in the first game taking advantage of the vagueness of Spanish with his right, but immediately regained Rafa "break" without apparent effort.

In the seventh the Swiss came back to break out of the Spanish, but he made against the then-break and sentenced the breadth in the twelfth game. The first set fell from Spanish side in 51 minutes.

Second September atypical
The second sleeve had many ups and downs. Federer was 4-0 and Nadal replied with a partial identical to tie at 4 and then get ahead (5-4). Then each player held his service in the twelfth Nadal took his first ball game.

Federer continues its record without the Monte Carlo tournament and Nadal 9-6 rises to the favourable balance of their encounters with the Swiss.

Federer, the only player who has defeated Nadal on the ground in the past three years (end of Hamburg in 2007), was facing a specialist who not lost in Monte Carlo since 2003, when, with only 16 years old, fell in third round before the Argentine Guillermo Coria.

Record absolute Nadal in Monte Carlo
With his triumph today Nadal beat the record for consecutive titles that had the Romanian Ilie Nastase (1971 to 1973), and also three alternates from Swedish Bjorn Borg (1977, 1979, 1980) and Austrian Thomas Muster (1992, 1995, 1996).

Federer did not lose a match in the land since 2007 Roland Garros final against Nadal. After Hamburg broke the streak of 81 consecutive games of the Spanish.

The Manacor will face in the next round against Spaniard David Ferrer

Rafa Nadal, second-seeded, reached the quarterfinals of the Monte Carlo Open after overcoming clearly Juan Carlos Ferrero, thirteenth favorite, by 6-4 and 6-1.

Nadal was ruthless with a rival who has never managed to Bates on earth. The aggressiveness of Minorcan and its more powerful physical imposed on tenacity shown by Ferrero in 1 hour and 45 minutes that lasted the encounter.

Ferrero kept his options during much of the first sleeve. But after four games to tie Nadal took the initiative and sentenced this partial (6-4).

Nadal started the second set in a way overwhelming. It sobrepuso an unfavorable 0-30 and in half an hour had placed to track the victory with 4-0 advantage.

Nadal, seeking his fourth consecutive title in Monegasque land is measured in quarters to David Ferrer, which was imposed in first match of the day to Serbian Janko Tipsarevic (6-4 and 6-0).