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 | King Rafa and Federer refer to the final in Madrid7-05-2011 |
World number one Rafael Nadal qualified for the third consecutive year to finish the tournament in Madrid, having turned to 5-7, 6-1, 6-3 Swiss rival Roger Federer. Spaniard wins for 16th time Federer, against whom play the final here in the past two years. In 2009, Federer won the dispute, but a year later Rafa make amends before his home crowd. Poor play by returning him from Federer to save on machbola for Nadal, who came in the case of 5:3 and the Spaniard's serve. So Rafa record 37th consecutive victory on his favorite surface - clay. In the final he waits for no loss this year, Novak Djokovic and Tomas Bellucci.