Is there any point?
King of Clay, Nadal, has shown no signs of being beatable in the lead up to the second Grand Slam of the year. He is the three-time defending champion and is unbeaten at the Rome Masters.
Rafael Nadal, Rome Masters, 2007
This is the home ground of the Spaniards - the title has remained with them for the last five years.
The stats all point in favour of a predictable result. With Federer struggling this season it seems like Nadal has few competitors for the title. Fernando Gonzalez and David Ferrer have found success during this year's clay season. But whether they can seriously be considered as contenders for the title is a different matter. Ferrer did push Nadal to three sets during the final of last week's Barcelona tournament. Fernando Gonzalez was the runner up at last year's final and is coming off a win at the BMW Open in Germany. Ferrer is in Federer's quarter of the draw and Gonzalez is in the same half. Nadal could face one of his three major contenders only in the finals.
Week after week Nadal adds his name to the list of tournament winners. There is no point dissecting the clay court tournament draws this year when there is only one French Open champion in sight.
King of Clay, Nadal, has shown no signs of being beatable in the lead up to the second Grand Slam of the year. He is the three-time defending champion and is unbeaten at the Rome Masters.
Rafael Nadal, Rome Masters, 2007This is the home ground of the Spaniards - the title has remained with them for the last five years.
The stats all point in favour of a predictable result. With Federer struggling this season it seems like Nadal has few competitors for the title. Fernando Gonzalez and David Ferrer have found success during this year's clay season. But whether they can seriously be considered as contenders for the title is a different matter. Ferrer did push Nadal to three sets during the final of last week's Barcelona tournament. Fernando Gonzalez was the runner up at last year's final and is coming off a win at the BMW Open in Germany. Ferrer is in Federer's quarter of the draw and Gonzalez is in the same half. Nadal could face one of his three major contenders only in the finals.
Week after week Nadal adds his name to the list of tournament winners. There is no point dissecting the clay court tournament draws this year when there is only one French Open champion in sight.
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