The early exit of world number one tennis player Roger Federer at the Rogers Cup held in Toronto and the victory to Rafael Nadal in the finals of this championship on Sunday has done no harm to  the aspirations of Nadal in reaching the world number one position. Nadal is in superb form of his life at the moment and he feels that he is virtually unstoppable on any surface, be it grass, or hard court or his favorite surface, clay. Nadal came up with a 6-3, 6-2 easy win over German Nicholas Kiefer and by virtue of this win has won his fifth straight tournament. There is no doubt that Nadal fans will be rushing to buy tickets to watch him play.

The 2008 French Open champion Rafael Nadal got his bearing on the grass right as he bet Novak Djokovic in a thrilling two set to claim his first grass court title. Top seeded Nadal overcame the stiff challenge of Djokovic to win by a 7-6(6), 7-5 margin in front of a packed center court Sunday crowd. Nadal was overjoyed by claiming his first grass court championships victory and said that he was happy to win this tournament as he had to wade off the challenges of player s like Andy Roddick in the earlier rounds. Nadal is now focusing on making it big during the forthcoming Wimbledon championships and fans at London are buying tickets in a spree hoping to witness a Nadal- Federer final clash. 

Rafael Nadal, the world number two men’s tennis player, showed who the master of clay court was, when he defeated world number one player Roger Federer in two breathtaking sets 7-5, 7-5 at the finals of the Monte Carlo Open last Sunday. This victory was Nadal’s fourth consecutive title win at Monte Carlo and this explains why he was so ecstatic after winning the tournament. Nadal has now become only second player in the world to win four Monte Carlo titles.  Nadal’s clay court record is very impressive as he has won 98 out of the 99 games he has played and his last defeat was at the hands of Federer in the Hamburg Open in 2007. This explains why Nadal has received rare reviews and appreciation for his clay court stuff and it is only fitting that Federer has called Nadal as a “hell of a clay court player”.