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Dominant Rafa reigns once again in Monte Carlo
22/04/2018
Spain's Rafael Nadal beat Japan's Kei Nishikori in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) to take the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 crown on Sunday, extending his extraordinary legacy at the event.
The 31-year-old Spaniard won in just 94 minutes to claim a record 11th triumph at the clay-court event.
Nadal has now won 36 straight sets on his favoured surface and notched up a record 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in the process.
Nishikori saved one break point in a 16-point second game of the pair’s 12th meeting, then proceeded to break Nadal’s serve with a delicate backhand winner down the line for 2-1. But Nishikori looked deflated one game later when he double-faulted to gift Nadal a way back into the set. Nadal didn’t need another invitation as he won four of the next five games finishing the 56-minute opener with a trademark forehand approach down the line.
Once Nadal broke Nishikori in the third game with a crosscourt forehand winner, the second set was one-way traffic. From 0-1, Nadal won five straight games and Nishikori's challenge faded away.
Nadal lost just 21 games in his five matches — against Aljaz Bedene, Karen Khachanov, Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov and Nishikori — this week at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, where he has a 68-4 record with 12 final appearances. It is the fifth time he has won the Monte-Carlo title without dropping a set (also 2008-10 and 2012).
This week, Nadal was competing in just his second tournament of the season, having sustained a hip injury during his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic in January.
His Serene Highness Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, and his wife, Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, presented Nadal with the Monte-Carlo trophy in front of a capacity crowd on Court Rainier III. Nadal received €935,385 in prize money and earned 1000 ATP Rankings points, keeping him at No. 1 ahead of Roger Federer.
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Spain's Rafael Nadal beat Japan's Kei Nishikori in straight sets (6-3, 6-2) to take the Monte Carlo Masters 1000 crown on Sunday, extending his extraordinary legacy at the event.
The 31-year-old Spaniard won in just 94 minutes to claim a record 11th triumph at the clay-court event.
Nadal has now won 36 straight sets on his favoured surface and notched up a record 31st ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title in the process.
Nishikori saved one break point in a 16-point second game of the pair’s 12th meeting, then proceeded to break Nadal’s serve with a delicate backhand winner down the line for 2-1. But Nishikori looked deflated one game later when he double-faulted to gift Nadal a way back into the set. Nadal didn’t need another invitation as he won four of the next five games finishing the 56-minute opener with a trademark forehand approach down the line.
Once Nadal broke Nishikori in the third game with a crosscourt forehand winner, the second set was one-way traffic. From 0-1, Nadal won five straight games and Nishikori's challenge faded away.
Nadal lost just 21 games in his five matches — against Aljaz Bedene, Karen Khachanov, Dominic Thiem, Grigor Dimitrov and Nishikori — this week at the Monte-Carlo Country Club, where he has a 68-4 record with 12 final appearances. It is the fifth time he has won the Monte-Carlo title without dropping a set (also 2008-10 and 2012).
This week, Nadal was competing in just his second tournament of the season, having sustained a hip injury during his Australian Open quarter-final against Marin Cilic in January.
His Serene Highness Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco, and his wife, Her Serene Highness The Princess of Monaco, presented Nadal with the Monte-Carlo trophy in front of a capacity crowd on Court Rainier III. Nadal received €935,385 in prize money and earned 1000 ATP Rankings points, keeping him at No. 1 ahead of Roger Federer.
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