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The world number one easily beat Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, a double will be the second round to Frenchman Richard Gasquet

The world number one and six times champion in Monte Carlo, Rafael Nadal, had a peaceful release in the second round after beating Finland's Jarkko Nieminen 6-2, 6-2 in just over an hour mark.

Nadal did not suffer too much before a Nieminen played his sixth match against world number one always with a positive balance for it.

In the second round, Nadal will face Frenchman Richard Gasquet, who on Wednesday won the Spanish Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-2, 6-1.

Nadal and Gasquet remained bitter clashes in the junior stage, but since the Spanish transition to professionalism won in the seven games he has faced so far.

FERRER won the SPANISH DUEL

For its part, the Valencia player David Ferrer, Monaco tournament fourth seed, advanced to the third round after beating another Spanish easily to Feliciano Lopez 6-2 6-0 in just 56 minutes.

Ferrer was the clear dominator of a game in which Feliciano acknowledged the great effort made yesterday to Janko Tipsarevic in the first round. With this victory the individual marker between the two players is now benefiting Lopez 4-6.

Already in the second round, David Ferrer will meet with Canadian Milos Raonic, who knocked in the first round to Frenchman Michel Llodra and second to Latvian Ernest Gulbis.

ROBREDO defeated a VERDASCO UNKNOWN

Tommy Robredo Catalan ruled in favor of Spanish players the match against Fernando Verdasco, seeded sixth, by a clear 6-4 to 6-3 after an hour and a half of play.

In the two races began to dominate the Catalan and then try to recover the Spaniard, but get to have a real chance of winning.

It was the tenth confrontation between them in all areas and now part of Hostalric increases for 6-4, always won when the game was played on clay.

Robredo will face in the quarterfinals with the winner of the match between Italy's Fabio Fognini with Serbian Viktor Troicki, eleventh seeded.

MOUNTAIN succumbed to the SET SIMON

The rapitense Albert Montanes also was eliminated in second round, Feliciano Lopez and Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, against Frenchman Gilles Simon 6-3, 6-4 after just over an hour and a half game.

Simon, sixteenth favorite, chose to match their interests asserted in his best tennis in the decisive moments. The two players are equal in ranking, Nos. 23 and 24 for mountains and Simon and I had previously faced three times, always on the ground with balance of 2-1 to the Frenchman.

Simon's next opponent is the winner of the match between Andy Murray, third-seeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech.

Gimeno-Traver FELL TO MONFILS

The player Daniel Gimeno-Traver fell to Frenchman Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-2. The Frenchman, seeded eighth, he claimed his best world ranking, tenth in the sixty-first, which showed at its best percentage of points earned in the first service.

Gimeno-Traver stood up at all times, but ultimately had to yield to the superiority of Monfils, who had already won the only match in which they had faced before, last year's tournament in Stuttgart ground ( Germany).

RIBA INJURY TO BE REMOVED BY CILIC

Pere Riba The Spanish withdrew from the Monte Carlo tennis tournament, due to injury, when contesting the first set of the second round against Croatian Marin Cilic fifteenth favorite, and was losing 5-2.

Riba, who came from the qualifying round and won the first round to Italian Potito Starace, lasted only half an hour on earth Monaco until now prevented him from continuing.

Almagro suffers against Argentine Maximo Gonzalez in the third round but is

WIN BUT SUFFERS ALMAGRO

The Spanish Nicolas Almagro, ninth favorite, struggled to impose the Argentine Maximo Gonzalez, the he defeated by a close 6-7 (6), 7-5, 7-6 (10), making access to the third round of the 1000 Monte Carlo Masters.

Almagro said four match points and three hours to make his first duel between two players.

An intense game, he could opt for either side, where Maximo Gonzalez missed a match point in the decisive third set thirteenth game (8 to 7).

But Almagro, who had previously also been a chance to win winner (7 to 6 and remove), brought out the best in the dying seconds and won the race by 12 to 10 in the final last game of the third set.

Nadal is the first player to lose three times the final in Miami (2005, 2008, 2011) • The start of the season for Djokovic (25 wins) gets you close to Ivan Lendl in 1986 (25) and John McEnroe in 1984 (39 ) · 3,170 points left to be number 1

Novak Djokovic was crowned Masters champion 1,000 from Miami (United States) after winning the final to Rafael Nadal. This is the fourth title of the season for Djokovic, world No. 2, in addition to undefeated this year is 26 wins in a row.

Since Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi played the title in 1995, the final of Miami had not had starring the two best players on the planet. This time, Novak Djokovic beat Rafael Nadal by an aggregate score of 4-6, 6-3, 7-6 (4) after three hours and twenty minutes of play in a match on Center Court at Crandon Park representing the victory number 26 in a row from Serbian.

It did not rain in Florida, but an uncomfortable wind blew the track out of control at times to both players. However, Nadal began the battle as you like, putting land in between in the opening stages. Djokovic had won 41 service games in a row before transferring it to the world's No. 1 in the third game of the match. Serbian missiles were offset by a strong defense of Spanish, with a great passing shot `'backhand side signed the first break of the crash. The Balkan soon realized that their strategy based on close each point in just two strokes, was not correct. His claws visited over the tape or double corridor limits of its rival. Nadal was not fine with their service "offered balls break in all games kick-back and maybe played more than is recommended before a rival of the Serb entity, but the income earned was broad enough to close to their favor the first set after almost an hour.

Repeated the script of the final at Indian Wells

The two tennis stars on the planet did not shine like they're used simply offered flashes irregularly. Djokovic saw lose his temper smashing his racket to the ground and then take the booing of respectable and very gestured Nadal after chaining multiple consecutive errors. In this bizarre situation took advantage the Serbian more into track, more aggressive and more successful time, exploiting the low background of the Spanish with their service to break to the first exchange, and income manage to force the third set.

In the third act, Nadal and Djokovic were tested beyond the limits of the track. Both were with their service, having to raise complicated situations (0-30), and both gave a lime and a beach at the time to define each point. Each stroke seemed worth the title. A lose-pay would say at school. The battle moved from the physical to the psychological level without even noticing it and that's where 'Nole' show real progress. Tennis served justice and the title had to be resolved in the tie-break. Sudden death in which the first five points the rest were resolved (1-0 and serve for Djokovic, 2-1, and service for Nadal, Djokovic 3-2 and serve for), the last being a double fault of Spanish was turning point of the game and the last straw for Nadal who ended up giving the most cruel of the meeting. With this victory, Djokovic is based on the second-ranked. This is the fourth title of the season for him after the Open de Australia, Dubai and Indian Wells and 21 th of his career. Next stop: Monte Carlo.

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has been proclaimed "World Champion of Champions' by` L `Equipe, which in its Thursday edition stands as number two Spanish footballer Andres Iniesta and the third drawer to Dutchman Wesley Sneijder .

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal has been proclaimed "World Champion of Champions' by` L `Equipe, which in its Thursday edition stands as number two player Andres Iniesta and Spanish in third place drawer to Dutchman Wesley Sneijder.

"Rafael Nadal has reigned in the galaxy of tennis," says `L` Equipe 'on a cover illustrated by a photo of Nadal with the trophy, and which also states that, according to the votes of the writing and through the 777 points received, "beats with more than 200 points ahead of his compatriot Andres Iniesta," and third, appears Sneijder.

The paper stresses that it is "a colossus as human" in Spain generates unanimously by its naturalness, to the extent that it has achieved that photographers did not harass, unlike what happens to other celebrities.

Because also "inspires respect" among other things because unlike other athletes do not have any offshore accounts and pay their taxes, "like any citizen to build infrastructure for health care, pensions."

Remember that the Spanish champions had started the year with a knee injury, who had to leave against Andy Murray in the quarterfinals of the Open de Australia, and returned to competition in early March.

From there, "she says" binds two semifinals at Indian Wells and Miami, but won again in mid-April on clay in Monte Carlo. Recuperada trust, flies tournaments Rome, Madrid and regains his title Roland Garros. While you awaken pain in his right knee, won Wimbledon but resigned to the quarterfinals of the Davis Cup final against France. "

"Take in South Africa to attend the consecration of the Spanish football team. Back in the tracks in early August in Canada, was repositioned in the game and win in September against Djokovic last Grand Slam tournament that was missing, U.S. Open, "he adds.

The publication recognizes that the end of the season has been "more complicated "because despite being tired and reached the final of the Masters of London" but had to lean against Federer. "

Other candidates

The French sports daily justifies Iniesta second place explaining that after being injured "in the crucial moments of the 2009-2010 season" with his Barcelona team, "took a stunning Spanish rematch with the shirt to mark both World Cup victory against Holland. "

Of Sneijder, emphasizes its "success" at Inter Milan, who won the Champions League, the championship and Cup of Italy, before failing in the World Cup final, against Spain specifically.

In fourth place in the classification of the annual competition organized by `L 'Equipe' figure this time the Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (231 points), followed by American basketball player Kevin Durant (195), the French sprinter Christophe Lemaître (176 ) and the Rally drivers couple Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena (140).

Alfredo di Stefano will receive the award "a very successful sports career," symbolizing consistent with the values advocated by the Foundation

Realmadrid Foundation held Thursday in Theaters Canal (20.00 hours), its Annual Gala, which will deliver the `Alma Awards 2010 ', among which you will receive the player Rafa Nadal. Through these awards, the Foundation wishes to acknowledge the work of individuals or entities represent an example for society and directly or indirectly have a link to the world of sport.

Thus, the prizes are awarded in four categories, Lifetime Sports, to Solidarity, the National Collaboration Project, International Cooperation and one special, which will be delivered to the five-time champion at Roland Garros "in recognition of his career, values and social commitment. "

Alfredo di Stefano, meanwhile, receive the award "a very successful sports career, symbolizing consistent with the values advocated by the Foundation and, therefore, represent an example for society."

For its part, the other winners will be AC Milan Glorie "for its social commitment," Prisons (Home Office) and Open Horizons, "for the development of social projects related to sport in Spain", and former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe, for the same work outside the country.