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 | Rafael Nadal qualified for the semifinals15-04-2011 |
World No. 1 champion in the last six years, Rafael Nadal (Spain) qualified for the semifinals of the tournament series Masters in Monaco with a prize fund € 2,750,000. The Spaniard beat Ivan Ljubicic (Croatia) with 6:1, 6:3 for 80 minutes. Nadal will try to win a seventh consecutive title in the prestigious tournament in the red. He has 37 wins (35 of them consecutive) and only 1 loss in their match in Monaco, where he debuted in 2003. Nadal made five breaks against Ljubicic and conceded just one. In the first set, the Spaniard made a breakthrough and won 4 of 6, 1 after 35 minutes of play and the second part of the lead with 3:0 and by the end of the match there were no problems. Nadal's opponent in the semifinals will be the winner of the late match between Andy Murray (Britain) and qualifier Fernando Gil (Portugal). Earlier today, Swiss Roger Federer was eliminated in the quarterfinals after losing 4:6, 4:6 by Juergen Melzer (Austria) in 1:44. Federer conceded two break but failed to take advantage of any of his seven break opportunities. This was the first loss for the year of Federer's tennis player other than Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic. So Federer again failed to win the Monaco, which is missing in his career. The semifinals rival Meltzer will be No. 4-seeded David Ferrer (Spain), who won with 6:3, 6:3 Victor Troizk (Serbia) for 1:24.