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ROME - Rafael Nadal won his sixth Rome Masters title in arain-postponed final against Novak Djokovic here on Monday,defeating the world number one 7-5, 6-3. It was sweet revenge for a straight sets loss to the Serb in lastyear's final and the win means that he will move back ahead ofRoger Federer at number two in the world rankings. It was also the perfect preparation for the defence of his FrenchOpen title with the tournament due to get underway in Paris onSunday and takes his career head-to-head with his rival to 18-14 inhis own favour. It meant that Nadal won claycourt titles in Monte Carlo, Barcelonaand Rome with his only loss coming in Madrid where he went down tocompatriot Fernando Verdasco. Djokovic failed to win a claycourt title as he prepares to go intoRoland Garros where he is aiming to make it four Grand Slam titlesin a row after winning Wimbledon and the US Open crowns last yearand the Australian Open early this year. In a final held over from Sunday because of rain, Nadal immediatelypounded out two break points on the opening Djokovic serve, but theSerb saved both with powerful backhands. There were two more break points for the Spaniard in the fifth gameas Djokovic made a mess of an overhead smash and Nadal convertedthe second of these, easily running down a poorly-executed Djokovicdrop-shot. But just as Nadal seemed to be taking command, Djokovic earned hisfirst break point of the match in the following game which he tookas an out-of-position Nadal flopped a forehand into the net. And two games later he had Nadal back-pedalling again with a seriesof punishing drives from the baseline only for a bad line-call torob him of a first set point. Nadal levelled at 5-5 and then, on the back of some stupendousdefending, he grabbed a second break of serve and made good on itby outgunning Djokovic in a thrilling exchange of shots at the net. Still riled by the line-call, Djokovic smashed his racquet at theexchange of ends and was warned by the umpire before Nadalcomfortably served out to pocket the first set in 76 minutes. Nadal took up in the second set where he had left off in the firstand he had the Serb scrambling from side to side in a failedattempt to prevent the five-times champion from grabbing an earlybreak. Djokovic had an immediate chance to get back on level terms in theset but he failed to capitilise on four break points in the nextgame allowing Nadal to move 2-0 ahead. The defending champion stopped the rot by holding serve to make it2-1 and he had two break-back opportunities in the next game onlyto squander both with unforced errors. He was made to pay the price for those missed opportunities asNadal slammed shut the door on his following serves and then brokeagain to become the first player to win six Rome titles. I am an expert from hd-ip-cameras.com, while we provides the quality product, such as Portable Cellphone Jammer , H.264 IP Camera, Plug and Play IP Cameras,and more.
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