[2] Rafael NADAL (ESP) d. Nicolas KIEFER (GER) 6-3, 6-2
It’s good to be a Spanish sports fan right now. Spain won against Germany in the Euro 2008. Just recently, Carlos Sastre won the Tour de France. Now, Rafael Nadal continues his impressive form by winning his fifth-straight title which includes the French Open and Wimbledon. More importantly, he inches closer to the world no. 1 ranking held by Roger Federer for 234 consecutive weeks. Nadal has been no. 2 since 2005 and with his win in the Rogers Masters Cup, he is just 275 points away from the Swiss.
In Sunday’s final, the Spaniard was up against Nicolas Kiefer. The unseeded German had a very good run going into the final beating top ten players Nikolay Davydenko and James Blake. He also downed Gilles Simon, conqueror of Federer in the second round, to reach the final. This is his first ATP Masters Series final. Nadal, meanwhile was chasing his 12th.
Nadal broke Kiefer twice to win the first set 6-3. The match picked up during the fifth game on the second set. Tied at 2-2 on Nadal’s serve, Kiefer had a number of break point opportunities but was unable to convert any of it. That was pretty much the most competitive the match got. For the most part, the match was straightforward in favor of Nadal.
This is his third Masters Series title for the year following his wins at Monte-Carlo and Hamburg.
It’s good to be a Spanish sports fan right now. Spain won against Germany in the Euro 2008. Just recently, Carlos Sastre won the Tour de France. Now, Rafael Nadal continues his impressive form by winning his fifth-straight title which includes the French Open and Wimbledon. More importantly, he inches closer to the world no. 1 ranking held by Roger Federer for 234 consecutive weeks. Nadal has been no. 2 since 2005 and with his win in the Rogers Masters Cup, he is just 275 points away from the Swiss.
In Sunday’s final, the Spaniard was up against Nicolas Kiefer. The unseeded German had a very good run going into the final beating top ten players Nikolay Davydenko and James Blake. He also downed Gilles Simon, conqueror of Federer in the second round, to reach the final. This is his first ATP Masters Series final. Nadal, meanwhile was chasing his 12th.
Nadal broke Kiefer twice to win the first set 6-3. The match picked up during the fifth game on the second set. Tied at 2-2 on Nadal’s serve, Kiefer had a number of break point opportunities but was unable to convert any of it. That was pretty much the most competitive the match got. For the most part, the match was straightforward in favor of Nadal.
This is his third Masters Series title for the year following his wins at Monte-Carlo and Hamburg.
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