Come to think of it, the guy has not lost a set in as many matches on clay this season.  Canas will have to play unbelievably well to break that record.

Canas is a banana skin. Beat Federer twice in less than a month. But i see Nadal coming through this one 7-6 6-4.

Nadal's unbeaten run continues.



   

   

Rafael Nadal won his third straight Barcelona Open championship Sunday, defeating Guillermo Canas of Argentina 6-3, 6-4 for his 72nd consecutive victory on clay.

Nadal hasn't dropped a set on clay since top-ranked Roger Federer won the first set of their French Open final last year.

Four players -- Nadal, Mats Wilander, Roy Emerson and Manuel Orantes -- have won three times at Barcelona. Nadal tied Wilander's 23-year-old record of three straight championships.

Nadal improved to 3-0 against Canas, who reached his second straight final after losing to Novak Djokovic at the Sony Ericsson Open this month.

Awww i was only off by one set! Vamos!

that guy does it for me. Love you baby
Nadal is the man

ATP Casablanca  (MAR)
Casablanca, Morocco
April 23-29, 2007
€353,450 / 32 Draw
Clay

Seeds:  ¹Dominik Hrbaty (SVK), ²Jose Acasuso (ARG), ³Julien Benneteau (FRA), ⁴Gilles Simon (FRA), ⁵Marc Gicquel (FRA), ⁶Arnaud Clement (FRA), ⁷Nicolas Massu (CHL), ⁸Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)

Winner:  Paul-Henri Mathieu

                         

Paul-Henri Mathieu of France beat Albert Montanes of Spain 6-1, 6-1 Sunday to win the Grand Prix Hassan II and end a five-year wait for his third career title.

The eighth-seeded Mathieu broke Montanes' serve five times and outclassed his opponent on serve, winning 94 percent of his first-serve points, compared to 59 percent for Montanes. The Spaniard won only 21 percent on his second serve.

Mathieu's previous titles came in 2002 at Lyon and Moscow, and his previous final was in 2003, at Palermo.

Montanes has lost all four of his career finals, with defeats at Bucharest in 2001, Valencia in 2004 and Acapulco in 2005.

ATP Estoril  (PRT)
Estoril, Portugal
April 29 - May 6, 2007
€531,250 / 32 Draw
Clay

Seeds:  ¹Nikolay Davydenko (RUS), ²Tommy Robredo (ESP), ³Novak Djokovic (SRB), ⁴Fernando Gonzalez (CHL), ⁵Richard Gasquet (FRA), ⁶Dimitry Tursunov (RUS), ⁷Agustin Calleri (ARG), ⁸[/b]Gael Monfils (FRA)

[b]First Round Fixtures:

Nikolay Davydenko (RUS)  vs.  Olivier Patience (FRA)
Teimuraz Gabashvili (RUS)  vs.  Vincent Spadea (USA)
Frederico Gil (PRT)  vs.  Ruben Ramirez Hidalgo (ESP)
Max Mirnyi (BLR)  vs.  Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Fernando Gonzalez (CHL)  vs.  Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)  vs.  Pedro Sousa (PRT)
Luis Horna (PER)  vs.  Sam Querrey (USA)
Juan Monaco (ARG)  vs.  Gaël Monfils (FRA)
Dimitry Tursunov (RUS)  vs.  Florent Serra (FRA)
Michael Russell (USA)  vs.  Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Santiago Ventura (ESP)  vs.  Sergio Roitman (ARG)
Novak Djokovic (SRB)  vs.  Igor Andreev (RUS)
Agustin Calleri (ARG)  vs.  Danai Udomchoke (THA)
Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG)  vs.  Alejandro Falla (COL)
Alberto Martin (ESP)  vs.  Evgueni Korolev (RUS)
Albert Montanes (ESP)  vs.  Tommy Robredo (ESP)

ATP Munich  (GER)
Munich, Germany
April 30 - May 6, 2007
€353,450 / 32 Draw
Clay

Seeds:   ¹Tommy Haas (GER), ²Tomas Berdych (CZE), ³[/b]Mikhail Youzhny (RUS), ⁴Marcos Baghdatis (CYP), ⁵Jarkko Nieminen (FIN), ⁶Radek Stepanek (CZE), ⁷Guillermo Canas (ARG), ⁸Jurgen Melzer (AUT)

[b]First Round Fixtures:

Tommy Haas (GER)  vs.  Sebastien Grosjean (FRA)
Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)  vs.  Hyung-taik Lee (KOR)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)  vs.  Arnaud Clement (FRA)
Rainer Schuettler (GER)  vs.  Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)  vs.  Diego Hartfield (ARG)
Andreas Beck (GER)  vs.  Matthias Bachinger (GER)
Daniel Brands (GER)  vs.  Martin Verkerk (NLD)
Alexander Waske (GER)  vs.  Radek Stepanek (CZE)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT)  vs.  Olivier Rochus (BEL)
Jan Hajek (CZE)  vs.  Raemon Sluiter (NLD)
Benjamin Becker (GER)  vs.  Nenad Zimonjic (SRB)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)  vs.  Stefan Koubek (AUT)
Guillermo Canas (ARG)  vs.  Nicolas Devilder (FRA)
Tobias Summerer (GER)  vs.  Ernest Gulbis (LVA)
Thomas Johansson (SWE)  vs.  Nicolas Massu (CHL)
Florian Mayer (GER)  vs.  Tomas Berdych (CZE)

ATP Munich

Unseeded Frenchman Sebastien Grosjean crushed the hopes of home fans by beating top seeded German Haas 6-4 6-4 in their opener.

To further the woes of Munich organisers, Argentine giant-killer Guillermo Canas was forced to withdraw from his first-round match with France's Nicolas Devilder because of abdominal muscle problems.

Add the first-round defeat of sixth seeded Czech Radek Stepanek to home favourite Alexander Waske 7-6 (7-3) 6-3, and only five of eight seeded players remain in the German claycourt tournament.

Defending champion Oliver Rochus of Belgium was beaten late on Monday by eighth seed Juergen Melzer of Austria 6-2 6-4.

First Round Results:

Grosjean - Haas    6-4, 6-4
Vassallo Arguello - Lee   7-6, 6-4
Kohlschreiber - Clément   6-2, 7-6
Nieminen - Schuettler   6-4, 6-4
Baghdatis - Hartfield   7-6, 6-3
Bachinger - Beck   6-2, 6-7, 7-5
Brands - Verkerk   7-6, 6-3
Waske - Stepanek    7-6, 6-3
Melzer - Rochus   6-2, 6-4
Sluiter - Hajek   3-6, 6-2, 6-6
Becker - Zimonjic   7-6, 6-3
Youzhny - Koubek   6-4, 3-6, 6-1
Devilder - Canas    4-6, 2-1 (Retired)
Summerer - Gulbis   5-7, 6-4, 6-4
Massu - Johansson   6-2, 6-1
Berdych - Mayer   6-2, 6-1

ATP Munich
Second Round Fixtures:

Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) vs. Martin Vassallo Arguello (ARG)
Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Jarkko Nieminen (FIN)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Matthias Bachinger (GER
Daniel Brands (GER) vs. Alexander Waske (GER)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Jan Hajek (CZE)
Benjamin Becker (GER) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs. Tobias Summerer (GER)
Nicolas Massu (CHL) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)

ATP Munich

Second Round Results:

Grosjean - Vassallo Arguello 2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Kohlschreiber - Nieminen 6-1, 6-4
Baghdatis - Bachinger 6-7, 6-2, 6-4
Waske - Brands 7-6, 7-6
Melzer - Sluiter 5-7, 6-1, 6-2
Youzhny - Becker 7-6, 7-6
Devilder - Summerer 6-3, 7-5
Berdych - Massu 7-5, 6-1

Quarter Final Fixtures:

Sebastien Grosjean (FRA) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER)
Marcos Baghdatis (CYP) vs. Alexander Waske (GER)
Jurgen Melzer (AUT) vs. Mikhail Youzhny (RUS)
Nicolas Devilder (FRA) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)

ATP Munich

Quarter Final Results:

Kohlschreiber - Grosjean 6-4, 7-6
Baghdatis - Waske 2-6, 7-6, 6-4
Youzhny - Melzer 6-2, 7-6
Berdych - Devilder 6-4, 6-0

Semi-Final Fixtures

Philipp Kohlschreiber (GER) vs. Marcos Baghdatis (CYP)
Mikhail Youzhny (RUS) vs. Tomas Berdych (CZE)

ATP Estoril

First Round Results:

Davydenko - Patience   7-5, 6-1
Spadea - Gabashvili   6-1, 5-7, 6-4
Gil - Ramirez Hidalgo   6-1, 4-6, 6-3
Gasquet - Mirnyi   6-3, 6-3
Mathieu - Gonzalez    6-2, 6-4
Monaco - Monfils    7-5, 1-6, 6-2
Tursunov - Serra   4-6, 6-3, 6-1
Ventura - Roitman   7-5, 6-2
Djokovic - Andreev   6-2, 4-6, 7-6
Calleri - Udomchoke   6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Garcia-Lopez - Russell   6-1, 6-2
Del Potro - Falla   1-6, 6-2, 6-4
Martin - Korolev   6-1, 2-0  Retired
Robredo - Montanes   6-4, 6-3

Second Round Fixtures:

Vincent Spadea (USA) vs. Olivier Patience (FRA)
Frederico Gil (PRT) vs. Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA) vs. Igor Kunitsyn (RUS)
Sam Querrey (USA) vs. Juan Monaco (ARG)
Dimitry Tursunov (RUS) vs. Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)
Santiago Ventura (ESP) vs. Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Agustin Calleri (ARG) vs. Juan Marin Del Potro (ARG)
Alberto Martin (ESP) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)

ATP Estoril

Second Round Results:

Spadea - Patience   2-6, 6-3, 6-4
Gasquet - Gil   6-1, 6-2
Mathieu - Kunitsyn   6-2, 6-1
Monaco - Querrey   3-6, 6-1, 6-4
Garcia-Lopez - Tursunov 6-4, 6-3
Djokovic - Ventura   6-2, 6-2
Calleri - Del Potro   7-5, 1-0
Robredo - Martin   6-7, 7-5, 6-2

Quarter Final Fixtures:

Vincent Spadea (USA)  vs.  Richard Gasquet (FRA)
Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)  vs.  Juan Monaco (ARG)
Guillermo Garcia-Lopez (ESP)  vs.  Novak Djokovic (SRB)
Agustin Calleri (ARG)  vs.  Tommy Robredo (ESP)

ATP Estoril

Quarter Final Results:

Gasquet - Spadea 6-3, 6-4
Mathieu - Monaco 6-4, 4-6, 6-1
Djokovic - Garcia-Lopez 6-4, 1-6, 7-5
Robredo - Calleri 7-5, 6-7, 6-3

Semi-Final Fixtures:

Richard Gasquet (FRA) vs. Paul-Henri Mathieu (FRA)
Novak Djokovic (SRB) vs. Tommy Robredo (ESP)

Semi Final Results:

Kohlschreiber - Baghdatis    6-2, 6-3
Youzhny - Berdych    6-3, 6-4

ATP Munich Final:



Local favourite Philipp Kohlschreiber landed his first ATP title by upsetting Russia third seed Mikhail Youzhny 2-6 6-3 6-4 in the Munich Open final.

The unseeded Kohlschreiber, playing in his first final, looked in danger of being blown away by the more powerful Youzhny in the first set on the Munich clay but he hit back to take the second in 40 minutes and force a decider.

Kohlschreiber is the first German to win the Munich Open since Michael Stich in 1994.

ATP Estoril

Semi Final Results:

Gasquet - Mathieu 3-1 Retired
Djokovic - Robredo 7-5, 6-1


Final Fixture:

Gasquet R. - Djokovic N.

ATP Estoril Final



Serbian teenager Novak Djokovic beat France's Richard Gasquet 7-6 0-6 6-1 in the youngest ever Estoril Open final on Sunday.

Third-seeded Djokovic saved three set points to take the first set in a tie-breaker. The 19-year-old world number five lost the second set without winning a single game but swept to victory in the final set.

"I hope to be back next year," said Djokovic after receiving a cheque for 74,300 euros and a trophy from the hands of Portugal's former soccer great Eusebio.

"He is a great player and he deserved to win," said the 20-year-old Gasquet, who lost to Djokovic in their only previous meeting in Madrid last October.

London, England
June 11-17, 2007
€680,250 / 56 Draw
Grass

Seeds: (1)Rafael Nadal, (2)Andy Roddick, (3)Fernando Gonzalez, (4)Novak Djokovic, (5)Ivan Ljubicic, (6)Lleyton Hewitt, (7)Dmitry Tursunov, (Marat Safin, (9)Mardy Fish, (10)Julien Benneteau, (11)Jonas Bjorkman, (12)Paul-Henri Mathieu, (13)Hyung-Taik Lee, (14)Arnaud Clement, (15)Robby Ginepri, (16)Fernando Verdasco

Fish, Lee, Henman fell in the first round.
Monfils, Hewitt, Stepanek were dumped out in the second.
Ljubicic, Djokovic, Safin, Ginepri, Tsonga, Mathieu all crashed in the third.

Today's result (QF):

Mahut - Nadal 7-5, 7-6
Clement - Karlovic 7-5, 6-4
Tursunov - Gonzalez 6-3, 6-7, 6-4
Roddick - Cilic 6-4, 7-6

I finally got the motivation I needed to continue my reports.

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wetin?
d guy is still exhauted from playn in a lot of tournaments
lets wait till wimbledon starts!

viee:

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wetin?
d guy is still exhauted from playn in a lot of tournaments
lets wait till wimbledon starts!

leave, look what he did to federer
he let him win useless hamburg just to show him pepper in french open

Thot u'd gone to bed.

Nadal should ve taken a break then, just like my pal did.

Wimbledon? He can't improve on last year's performance, that's for sure.

nne, ur right abt that!
PDF we shall see

i know Viee we shall see, he was so close last year it hurt me. feferer is scared of nadal its clear for anyone to see

Nadal is just finding it difficult adjusting to grass its a lot faster court to play on plus fatigue from playing in the french open. He'll bounce back and hopefully play some good tennis at wimbledon.

nnenneigbo:

i know Viee we shall see, he was so close last year it hurt me.

i was heartbroken!

nnenneigbo:

. feferer is scared of nadal its clear for anyone to see

word!

Federer scared ke? Remember the clay season is over. What reasons has he to fear Nadal? 'cause Rafa lost to a guy ranked 104 places below him .

Viee, u know who to support at this time of the season in order not to get heartbroken again.

if nadal converted his chances last season at wimbledon i know he would have been victorious. especially if it went to 5 sets. nadal can lose to number 10000th in the world, but federer knows when to bow down. shame my safin doesn't meet him no more to show him pepper

If Federer had also converted his numerous breakchances in the FO final, the story would have also changed.

You guys should be more scared because Fed is gradually becoming comfortable on clay (his worst surface), but we can't say the same for Nadal on the other surfaces.

Safin has lost his shine; bring him on and we'll show you how it's done.

I think Nada has tried on other surfaces too judging by his performance at last years wimbledon plus he has beaten Federer on the hard court and he reached the last eight of the Australian open which was a good performance.

For the world number 2, u mean not going past the round of eight in the OZ open should be considered good? Federer should then be applauded for being twice runner-up at the French.

I believe Nadal will perform better on the hard court in years to come. His poor performances on the hard courts ( aussie and us open) was due to him not being at his best form when playing those championships.