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 | Nadal wins seventh consecutive title in Monaco17-04-2011 |
Number 1 in the world Rafael Nadal (Spain) won the seventh consecutive tournament title of the series "Masters in Monaco with a prize fund € 2,750,000.
In the final Nadal beat compatriot David Ferrer (Spain), 6:4, 7:5 to 2:16.
King of clay as Nadal called, made four breaks in the match and conceded two, and 22 winning blow and there were no problems to win the game.
The Spaniard reached 39 victories (37 of them consecutive) in the match in Monaco, where he debuted in 2003. He had only one loss here - in 2003 by Guillermo Coria.
"This is a very important victory for me. I do not want to think about protecting points last year and just the way they play. I want to improve every day. For me it is amazing as I think I have seven titles in this tournament. Large'm lucky because I'm only 24 years, "said Nadal.
After this success Rafael Nadal improve not only his own record for most consecutive titles on the ATP tournaments, but the record for most titles in the series of events
Masters - 19.
For Nadal it was the 44th career title and his 30th on clay courts.
In the first five games of the match it was up to three breaks and at 3:2 Ferrer had a chance to break, which, however, and Nadal squandered the lead with 4:2. Ferrer in the second set tied 4:4 and 5:5, but Nadal made a break for 6:5 and won a service game.
For 24-year-old Spaniard is the first title in October 2010 in Tokyo.