Rafael Nadal joins the winner circle again after ousting David Nalbandian – Brasil Open 2013
Top seed, Rafael Nadal from Spain, breezed past the former world number three, David Nalbandian, in straight sets at the Brasil Open 2013 on Sunday. He notched up a 6-2, 6-3 victory against the Argentinean to capture his 37th clay court title
at this ATP (Association of Tennis Professionals) World Tour 250 series event held in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The former world number one, Nadal re-kindled his spark to outsmart the Argentinean in their seventh encounter. After stealing the show, the Spaniard improved to a 5-2 lead in the FedEx ATP Head 2 Head series against Nalbandian and bagged 250 Emirates ATP
ranking points.
The Spanish star was quoted in a courtside interview after pocketing the match:
“It's very nice and important because at the end of your career what’s left are the titles, and depending on certain moments there are some titles that you appreciate very much. This one I appreciate it the most because of all the struggles I went through
during the week, with some problems with my knee some days. [It’s] true, David didn’t play very well, but in general I played my best match of the week. I am very happy, to win in Brazil for the second time, it's wonderful. In 2005 it was the beginning of
all these last beautiful years.”
Nadal made a comfortable entry on the Sao Paulo dirt. After Nalbandian held his second serve, the Spaniard reeled off last four games and eventually clicked the opener with a 6-2 success.
Ranked fifth in the world, Nadal lost his track towards the proceeding set. He lost his opening two serves and fell at 0-3. However, the Spaniard went berserk and wiped out six games consecutively.
The Spanish number two recorded a better first serve share of 60 per cent as compared to his rival’s 50 per cent and impressively availed 23 out of 35 points on it.
The Spaniard was playing his second tournament after returning from a seventh month layoff last week. He secured a final berth at the VTR Open before bowing out to Horacio Zeballos. Nadal also reached final at the doubles event in Vina del Mar.
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