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Nadal, the second player in the world and top seed Godo tournament, will fight tomorrow for its seventh title in Barcelona today after beating aa Verdasco (6-0, 6-4).

The Spanish Rafael Nadal, the second player in the world and top seed Godo tournament, will fight tomorrow for its seventh title in Barcelona today after defeating his compatriot Fernando Verdasco (6-0, 6-4) in one hour and 25 minutes of play . Nadal will face David Ferrer also Spanish, in a final that has already become a classic of the tournament, as both met in the final round of 2008, 2009 and 2011 and won all the shooting.

As a cyclone came today the "king of the earth" in the center of the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona, to score six straight games and foist a donut Verdasco, who had fallen to the manacorense in the twelve previous clashes. Solid on serve, aggressive from the bottom of the track, intense, focused, fired into his seventh final in Barcelona, ​​the world number two aired the first race in 29 minutes of utter domination.

Verdasco stopped the bleeding in the second half, finally winning his serve in the first game of the second set. The Spaniard even had a ball "break" to get it wasted 2-0. Of breaking Nadal serve, he might have had a minimal option. However, missed his chance and lost his three games later. From there, Verdasco, more involved, less erratic and more effective counter struggled with his serve to lengthen the maximum the game. With nothing to lose, let your right and fought every point, every game, and again had two breaking balls with 5-4. But Nadal saved two and ended up winning his serve to win the match also.

"Novak is important to win, but if I´m honest, for me is more important to win Monte Carlo. When everything is over, what will be left are the titles," said the Spaniard

The Spanish Rafael Nadal said today that, after winning again in Monte Carlo champion, Novak Djokovic, his challenge is not to catch the Serbian world leadership, but to maintain their level of play in the Trofeo Conde de Godo, where on Wednesday start his fifth title defense.

"My challenge now is not the number one, but playing well in Barcelona," said Nadal in the traditional press conference of the Balearic Islands in the first round of Barcelona Open, which in recent years has come as Open champion Monaco.

Nadal pointed out that, in fact, is closer to the number three, who holds Switzerland Roger Federer, world number one, and again manage to be the best, "depends on many factors," so that should not be obsessed with it. "My only goal is to go every day and do my best in every practice, every game. Now, start another special tournament for me, because I play at home, and where I hope to do well from day one and keep adding ".

In Monte Carlo has ended its losing streak against Djokovic, who had passed in the last seven finals that were played, but he has preferred to downplay this fact. "Novak is important to win, but if I´m honest, for me is more important to win Monte Carlo. When everything is over, what will be left are the titles, victories, not against who you get them," he argued.

A Nadal, amused those who say that with his victory Sunday, has finally ended the hegemony of the Serbs, as did Real Madrid with Barcelona on Saturday, leaving practically doomed the League by winning at Camp Nou . "Djokovic has not dropped in the first round, just lost a final and winning comes from Australia and Miami. is Doing a spectacular year," recalled the manacorense, who has compared this situation with the team of Pep Guardiola.

"The club has been the best team in the world the last three years, there´s no doubt, and will be difficult for another team repeat what he has done this. But Madrid has a great team, as demonstrated on Saturday, and if this year he won league and "Champions" will have been better than him, because sport is usually right, "he stated.

This week Rafa Nadal will attempt to reign for the seventh time in Barcelona. And do it as a champion of the Principality has become a tradition. "It is certain to face the Godo tournament having won the previous, always gives a little more peace and trust in you, but by no means guarantees success," he qualifies.

In the semifinals of the U.S. Davis Cup to be played in September prefer not to think: "I do not take decisions to four or five months away. We´ll see how we arrived and as you all."

Again, a medal at the London Olympics, "because first you have to go and also is a tournament that is played on grass the best of three sets and any cluelessness you go home," he warned.

Also not considered "no" to value the words of the legendary Swede Bjorn Borg extenista, who already considered the best tennis player ever. "When this is over, experts will decide which place me where in the history of the sport," has sentenced six times champion of Roland Garros.

The Spaniard, first player to win the same tournament eight times in a row. Beat the end Djokovic, who had won the last seven finals between them.

Rafa Nadal continued his dominance in Monte Carlo, where he won his eighth consecutive title and took a load off by beating Novak Djokovic, executioner of Balearic usual in the past year. The Serbian had won the last seven finals between them, but in Monte Carlo, the preserve of Nadal, the Spaniard gave a recital and won in just over an hour and a quarter (6-3 and 6-1). The Spanish showed his best stuff and destiñió Djokovic, and rarely uncomfortable. Nothing came to number 1, but was credited with an intractable Nadal.

The latest editions of this duel, which is poised to become one of the great classics of tennis, had shown a dominant Djokovic and Nadal suffering, which could in some phases of the war games match based on a brutal wear. The Serb won many more easy points, while Nadal had trouble throughout the world. In Monte Carlo was the reverse: the Spanish had many more breaths and Djokovic just won points comfortable. Except in the first game of the match, the number 1 was blank, Djokovic was not comfortable ever.

The Spaniard in the final repeated what he had done for the rest of the tournament. He served in a fabulous, to the point that Djokovic had break options well into the second set, when almost everything was already decided in favor of Spanish. That´s not anything, because the Serb is a great receiver. Not always the serve has come to the aid of Spanish, but in Monte Carlo was sensational in that paragraph. The rest always bothered Djokovic, who found throughout the match showed fluency in the first game of the match. Serbian lacked patience, to overcome and overwhelmed by the intensity of Nadal. Did you earn points fast and that the ground and before the shooting is impossible.

The game started to turn the Spanish side in the third game of the first set. A couple of hits too long allowed Djokovic breaking Nadal, who will never let party rule. He gave no options on serve throughout the set and always threatened the rest. It took a ball break in the seventh game, but gave the final blow to fasten the first set in the ninth.

Nothing left to Djokovic, very thick, and almost everything to Nadal. The Spanish version was that he almost unbeatable on clay, at least in Monte Carlo, where there is no way to beat him. Quite sure with the right and the reverse, making very few errors, the number 2 took the momentum of the match to give another blow early in the second set, breaking Djokovic serve again at the first opportunity, and in the second. All the balls were going long or net into Serbian, who could not make a difference with any coup. He won a game yet and the rest lost, but was the only thing left in the second set, which ended right hands, desperately. Opposite, Nadal built a wall without cracks, again winning in Monte Carlo. No player had won the same tournament eight times in a row. The Spanish made history and in the process scared a ghost named Djokovic.

The world number two is already in Monte Carlo to try to win its eighth straight title. As main rivals, the usual: Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Andy Murray.

The Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, number two in the ATP ranking, reaches Monte Carlo Masters, which begins today with little training, but no pain in his left knee, ready to win his eighth consecutive title in Monaco.

In an interview published today by the Italian sports daily `La Gazzetta dello Sport´, the Spaniard tennis player recognizes that perhaps the greatest threat to its supremacy Monaco is Novak Djokovic, world No. 1, but remember not to keep an eye to Swiss Roger Federer, third in the ATP.

"I have come to Monte Carlo with little training, but luckily no pain in his left knee. The injury was not like before. I´m ready," said Ronaldo, who resigned to play the semifinals of the tournament in Miami in late March to not to worsen their symptoms.

Nadal admits he was "very proud" to have managed to win seven consecutive times the Monte Carlo Masters, a result, he says, he believes it is "difficult to reach." "It means being at the highest level against the best for seven years in a row in a tournament as important, rich in tradition and difficult, because it is the first of the season on land against the strongest," he says.

"The first win is always a special place, but each has a different memory about my other trophies. Keep in mind that I happened to come from nearly 10 months without a title and after winning Monte Carlo to return to the path of victory. This happened in 2008 and again in 2009, I hope so too this year, "he adds.

Among its major rivals in Monte Carlo, as well as Federer and Djokovic, Nadal does not rule Andy Murray, No. 4 world ranking and against whom he could not meet in the semifinals in Miami for that knee injury.

"All three are level, though perhaps at this time Nole is a step above. He has shown in 2011 and in 2012 with the titles it has pocketed. But Federer Federer is always, and it just proved Indian Wells, "said the Spanish champions.