Spain's Rafael Nadal
dominated his 30th meeting with Swiss
rival Roger Federer to secure his
seventh title in nine years at the Rome
Masters on Sunday.
Nadal's 6-1, 6-3 triumph means he now
leads Federer 20-10 in their series, with
13 of his wins coming on clay.
Nadal started the event seeded only fifth
after losing many of his ATP ranking
points during a seven-month absence
from the sport.
However the Spaniard, winning his sixth
title from eight finals so far this season,
showed he is back to his best on his
preferred surface with a masterclass
which should boost his hopes of
extending his record French Open tally
to eight wins at Roland Garros next
week.
Federer, the second seed, had overcome
French upstart Benoit Paire in a late
semi-final on Saturday to make his first
final of the season.
But despite winning the opening game
on serve the Swiss failed to really get a
grip on the match.
In all, the Swiss finished with 32
unforced errors to Nadal's eight.
Nadal clinically broke the Swiss twice on
his way to a 6-1 first set score inside 23
minutes.
Federer put up more resistance in the
second but despite breaking back to 5-2
in the seventh game, and then holding
serve to close to 5-3, Nadal brought up
three championship points in the ninth
game and required only one to seal the
match with a cross-court forehand
winner.
Nadal now has 24 Masters titles in a
career total of 56.
dominated his 30th meeting with Swiss
rival Roger Federer to secure his
seventh title in nine years at the Rome
Masters on Sunday.
Nadal's 6-1, 6-3 triumph means he now
leads Federer 20-10 in their series, with
13 of his wins coming on clay.
Nadal started the event seeded only fifth
after losing many of his ATP ranking
points during a seven-month absence
from the sport.
However the Spaniard, winning his sixth
title from eight finals so far this season,
showed he is back to his best on his
preferred surface with a masterclass
which should boost his hopes of
extending his record French Open tally
to eight wins at Roland Garros next
week.
Federer, the second seed, had overcome
French upstart Benoit Paire in a late
semi-final on Saturday to make his first
final of the season.
But despite winning the opening game
on serve the Swiss failed to really get a
grip on the match.
In all, the Swiss finished with 32
unforced errors to Nadal's eight.
Nadal clinically broke the Swiss twice on
his way to a 6-1 first set score inside 23
minutes.
Federer put up more resistance in the
second but despite breaking back to 5-2
in the seventh game, and then holding
serve to close to 5-3, Nadal brought up
three championship points in the ninth
game and required only one to seal the
match with a cross-court forehand
winner.
Nadal now has 24 Masters titles in a
career total of 56.
Cyril 20 May, 2013
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