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"My job is to run Soderlin as possible and still beats me, to congratulate you because must have been the best," he said on the eve of the final

Rafa Nadal is perfect to sit level on Sunday to win his fifth Roland Garros but, as is usual with him, does not trust his opponent, Swede Robin Soderling, and one day before the match promised to leave everything you have inside to win.

"He trained well today and now just thinking about eating out with family and enjoying the day off, and I'm in the final, "Nadal said that a relaxed yet know you can feel again tension.

"The nerves are always going to be there. It will be a tough match and I am only worth playing my best so I'll try, and if I go to Queen's with a very clear conscience, because I'm doing a season, best of my life so far, and especially the level, because in all the tournaments I Montecarlo state before I was to win, "he said." Now we must make the effort to try and win the final. "

"A final at Roland Garros is not played every day, but if I had not won in Monte Carlo probably would not be here," Nadal reminded about the great meeting of land that is, winning the three previous 1000 Masters, Monte Carlo, Rome and Madrid. "The season may be perfect or almost perfect. Make all previous tournaments was already a very good season and if wins over Roland Garros would be perfect, "he said.

"I'm in a game of being number one, to my best level. In 2008 I did not play better than this year. The season is very positive after the last year. I got to play my best again and compete with the best . If I lose tomorrow there will be other targets, "said Nadal who, despite his experience in finals in Paris, he admitted he feels something special. "Every year is different but you can not play for nothing big, "he said.

"I approach the end as more than a title may be important for my career, but if I win I will not be the best, or change my life, and if I lose the same. In my experience both after wins as losses, the five months we will be exactly alike, "he said. "It will be a difficult game but it is not the same as throwing bombs from a meter inside the track behind, and that depends on me. My job is to make it run as much as possible and if still so I win, congratulate you because must have been the best, "he said.

Nadal will regain the world number 1 if you end up winning Roland Garros after defeating Federer in the quarterfinals against Soderling · Almagro has lost all seven games they have played against Rafa • The Balearic is the sole representative of the Navy that is at stake in Paris

Rafa Nadal qualified for the semifinals of Roland Garros after winning the Spanish derby Nicolas Almagro. The Spaniard, who displayed the best version of his tennis on the clay of the Philippe Chatrier, look for a ticket to the grand final on Sunday against Jürgen Melzer, who beat in five sets to Novak Djokovic.

Rafa Nadal beat Nicolas Almagro 7-6 aggregate score (2), 7-6 (2), 6-4 after two hours and thirty-four minutes of play in a clash played at a packed Philippe Chatrier that could enjoy the beautiful spectacle offered by the two players of the Navy.

Since the fall in Rome in 2008 to Juan Carlos Ferrero, Nadal does not know what Rafa to the first exchange and signing a partial 3-0 with aggressive play, but settled to the bottom of the track and summoning of a powerful plane hit. Nadal took to read the game, but did in time. He began playing deeper, cornering Almagro two steps behind the baseline and painstakingly searches for the blow up, blow the Murcia is in the must. The first leg had to be settled in the tie-break, a sudden death in Rafa it is to lose to any fellow. 21 consecutive wins on the payroll of the Balearic Islands. His last victim was a Almagro has demonstrated on the Parisian clay through one of his best moments of his career, but has had the misfortune to cross in the box with the best player on clay and one of time the best ever. The pupil of Joseph Perlas, major culprit of the new version of Nico, began imposing the match, breaking the service comfortably settled punches service (give improved Nadal in this section, with open and angled kicks) at a location in the final rush of September, when the rest began to have its role. Almagro 4-4 had his option for a break that would have allowed out to even the contest, but Nadal his teeth to overcome the danger and force a new tie-break, where he repeated the script. Nadal controlled the sudden death exhibited its highest level and discharge without any option to Nico.

Despite being behind on the scoreboard, and after seeing Nadal could hardly disturb the tie-break, Almagro not budge in their efforts and showed a commendable attitude to follow the same dynamics as aggressive habñian given good results in the first act. The increased level of tennis, seeing points will be saved to the archive of this edition of Roland Garros. It went from a situation in which beginning to end, going up to the net to put pressure on his rival and finalize the points on the fast track.

Back from two sets to Nadal is no small feat. However, Almagro put back on the track a "taste of his mature, fighting every point as if it were the first party. The rider from Murcia unhinged as Nadal is growing, but the Spaniard seemed unstoppable at the moment. The feeling was that Rafa could break at any moment kick off with the Austrian Jürgen Melzer, who surprisingly defeated Novak Djokovic for a score of 3-6, 2-6, 2-6, 7-6 (3), 6-4 after four hours and fifteen minutes of play in a clash played in the Suzanne Lenglen, tennis throughout a marathon that serves as a button and matched sample of what the games are played at this point. Everything seemed a bed of roses for Belgrade, a semifinalist in Paris in 2007 and 2008, sentenced on both occasions by Rafa Nadal, when he was leading the game with two sets to love and a part in the third 2-0, break included. However, this was the moment which saw the resurrection of Austria.

The pupil of Joakim Nyström, former world number seven in 1986, knew how to make a fresh start and achieve the heroic. He made six straight games to finish signing up the third set, he decided the fourth in a tie-break where the ball missed three in September, after discussion with a 6-0 mini-part of and release the shock Nico, a situation that came in the hot spot in September. In the ninth game, adal key to the game then shut the service. In short, it is commendable attitude of Almagro, who continues to improve so much at stake as in attitude. For his part, Nadal adds its 36th victory at Roland Garros (only lost to Swede Robin Soderling), equaling the record of Alex Corretja and Spanish with the most wins in the Grand Slam.

In the semifinals, Nadal will face each fifth manga tense and a great attraction for the viewer. Equality was such that he broke his rival service would have many papers carried the match. There was one tie-break to alter that battle. After several break ball missed by the Austrian Melzer reached the desired break in the ninth game. In the tenth, serving to win, inexplicably missed a match point with a volley that was left on the net, two balls up Adverse break summoning extraordinary service and ended up putting an end when one quarter of an hour spent four hours of play.

Rafa Nadal and Jurgen Melzer are measured on two occasions so far, with victories for Spanish. The first time I crossed paths was in the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games in Beijing, where Rafa won by a score of 6-0 and 6-4. Equally striking was the victory of Manacor in 1000 second round of the Madrid Masters last year, where the score was 6-3, 6-1 in favor of Spanish.

Recognizes that the match against Scotland is one of the most complicated that one can find in the circuit · showcases the talents of his rival in the quarter

Rafael Nadal took over after overcoming Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the round of Australia Open, now comes the moment of truth in the tournament when she faces the Briton Andy Murray, a player who won here three years ago, although that victory cost him the tournament, as he said.

"I done the work that had to do to this day a good start to the season, but now comes a time when you must play the best, if you really want to have options for staying in the semifinals. It is a game where there is no turning back, you must play the most and do it very well. If not, I'll do a good flight back home to continue training and prepare the next tournament, "Nadal said.

"It's a difficult game, complicated, one of the most difficult you can have on the circuit today, "said Nadal." So, to try to enjoy it, thinking quietly to be missed but you can win. Be prepared to fight at any time and for whatever may happen. "

Nadal sees Murray as a player of tremendous talent. "His qualities jump to the naked eye, has almost all the shots, get well, can play defensive and attacking, very good hand, the reverse change you also cut right and left can do, "he said.

"You have many options in his game and that is a great virtue and a great advantage to be able to do things," he added. "Everyone has their things. He is a player who always have time, is very slow. But when I play well I have the time. The only difference is that gets a lot better than me. But when I'm playing well, I also would take a lot of his game. I think if I'm playing with intensity and my best pace, we I can overcome. Each has its weapons, "he said.

His party's bittersweet 2007 Recalling his five-set duel in 2007, 231 minutes. Nadal was conclusive. "I remember that I lost the tournament," he said. "It was a very bad game, I played pretty bad and was very hard, very long. I ended up winning and that was positive but the negative was that I was dust echo to the other day with a torn hamstring," recalled Nadal, who then lost in the quarterfinals against Chilean Fernando Gonzalez.

Concentration is key Nadal admitted that the concentration in such meetings is vital. "You are in a Grand Slam, in a major tournament, and if you have no right to keep and no chance of being in the quarterfinals. The competition simply mark you," he said.

After 194 minutes of game play against Nicolas Almagro, Rafael Nadal consumed another 140 minutes of play against Tommy Robredo • The Hostalric managed to win a set in the sixth Balearic matchup between · Jo-Wilfred Tsonga, Rafa's next opponent

Rafael Nadal won the ticket to the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 in Paris (France) after the break in the second round to Tommy Robredo. The world No. 2, giving a better level than in their first game in Parisian land face Nicolas Almagro, the only survivor of the-Navy-in the tournament.

Rafael Nadal (2) beat Tommy Robredo (14) in the fratricidal duel fourth round of the tournament won by an aggregate score of 6-3, 3-6 and 7-5 after two hours and twenty minutes of play in the shock that evening opened the day on Center Court of Paris-Bercy complex. After a tentative first games where both players were studied from the bottom of the track, the remaining options came when they began to take risks. First it was Nadal in the fourth game, who moved his Robredo through from side to side of the track, enjoying a break ball that carried into effect. In the next game was Robredo who, dropping the right to take the lead in the points, posted up two balls that do not break materialized. The balance is not off balance until the eighth game, where Nadal, summoning the motto that always accompanies him (not to a single ball lost) struggled and worked a split that would earn post to take the first set of his locker.

Despite being the marker in his favor, Nadal remained concentrated as sent the script, but for the sake of entertainment ever to leave him out of authentic items for the archive. Robredo, however, threw in the towel at any time and still swimming against the tide, holding up the party across the network. Even managed to break the Balearic service in the fourth game, then bet on the attack from the bottom of the track, climb in and defend option was on the tape like a wild boar. Taking as a machine and defining with surgical precision, Robredo was able to match the race and force a third set.

After getting the first set in his favor after five previous clashes against Nadal, Robredo looked at Javier Duarte telling him from the stands that was the way forward. A path nevertheless difficult to walk because the world No. 2 did not give any respite option. Rafa again appear intractable on his serve and Tommy had to get the best version of tennis to keep your rope. Despite the marathon match, the level of tennis was growing. No margin of error. Against the Ropes, in the eleventh game of the match, the Spaniard double-faulted it meant leaving with 5-4 and Robredo to finalize the service crash. However, the Catalan will doubts entered the wrong moment and granted a Nadal contrabreak that which re-emerged phoenix, won three consecutive games (two breaks included) and sealed his move to the quarterfinals of the rhythm Come on. In the quarterfinals, expect the current defending champions: the local hero Tsonga.

Jo-Wilfred Tsonga (8) won the duel with fellow Frenchman Gilles Simon (11) by a score of 6-2, 6-3 in just 52 minutes of play in a crash played in the morning hours of the Center Court complex in Paris Bercy. Nadal and Tsonga have been measured to date on four occasions, winning three of the Spaniard and French.