AN ATP MASTERS SERIES EVENT
13th - 21st OCTOBER
ATP News : 2008
NADAL WON AGAIN
Rafael Nadal won his 10th ATP Masters Series title and a record fourth consecutive Masters Series Monte-Carlo crown with a 7-5, 7-5 win over ATP World No. 1 Roger Federer in Sunday's final
 www.montecarlo.masters-series.com Nadal rallied from 0-4 in the second set to beat Federer in the Monte-Carlo final for the third consecutive year and for the seventh time in eight career meetings on clay. Nadal leads Federer 9-6 in career meetings on all surfaces and snapped a two-match losing streak to the Swiss.Nadal, who has ranked No. 2 behind Federer for a record 144 consecutive weeks (since July 25, 2005-present), has won 98 of 99 clay court matches since winning his first Monte Carlo title in April 2005. Nadal has not dropped a set during his past two title runs in Monte-Carlo. Nadal became the first player to win four straight Monte-Carlo titles since New Zealand's Anthony Wilding from 1911-14. Last year he tied Ilie Nastase's Open Era mark of three consecutive titles from 1971-73. The left-hander now boasts a 24-1 career record (21 straight wins) in Monaco, with his only loss coming in the third round to Guillermo Coria in 2003. (He did not play in 2004 due to injury). He has only dropped four sets during the streak. The 21-year-old Mallorca native was contesting his third ATP final of the season (from seven tournaments) and clinched his first title since Stuttgart in July 2007 nine months ago. Nadal improved to a 24-8 record in career ATP finals. |