The Manacor needed just over an hour and a quarter and two sets to win a tournament that had never played • It is his seventh title of the year · pocketed a prize of $ 261,000
Rafael Nadal, world number one, won on Sunday the tournament in Tokyo on his first, by winning the final against Gael Monfils in straight sets 6-1, 7-5. The Spaniard, who took a prize of $ 261,000, and won his seventh title of 2010, which has crowned the seventh player in history to win the Grand Slam and scored well, consecutively, Roland Garros, Wimbledon and U.S. Open.
The match between Spanish and French, fifth-seeded of the tournament, lasted an hour and 17 minutes, and at all times was dominated by Nadal, who served well, hit good rights and took every opportunity to break-three total-to Monfils. After saving a tough semi-final against Viktor Troicki in a meeting that lasted nearly three hours, Nadal was clearly dominant from the end and never was threatened their service. The Spaniard player scored two breaks in the first set and in the second round failed to break the Monfils serve when needed, that is, when he went to the tie-break. The last game was won by Nadal with ease, serving well and taking advantage of the first of two match points that decided when, with the remaining 40-15 left Monfils out.
The Frenchman, who was treated for physical complaints during the last part of the meeting, was no match for Nadal at any time and in the first set, which lasted 26 minutes, just got scored eight points. The best weapon we have put forward during the tournament, the service was not enough even signed nine aces against only one of Nadal. With the outdoor track and the bleachers packed, the world number one won his seventh victory in eight enfrentameintos before Monfils. In those seven wins, the Spaniard has only dropped a set against Frenchman player, who could only win at Manacor in Doha in 2009 when Nadal dragging discomfort in the knee.