Monte Carlo Champion 2008
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
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 meeetings 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 97 of 98 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. No doubt this all-time favourite masters serie would be much more attractive if it hadn’t been for the Serbian tennis and girls’ star Novak Djokovic who pulled out the semi-final match against Federer yesterday. The Swiss top seed was leading 6:3 3:2 when Novak complained that he felt dizzy and retired after 1 hour and 11 minutes.
Nadal is also in the doubles final (w/Robredo) and will play No. 4 seeds Bhupathi-Knowles. He is looking to become just the second player in Masters Series history to win singles and doubles titles (Jim Courier won both at Indian Wells in 1991) at the same event.
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