Rafael Nadal’s dominance on clay continued when he racked up his 72nd consecutive victory on the clay courts when winning the ATP title in Barcelona. This was his third straight title in Barcelona. Nadal defeated Guillermo Canas 6-3, 6-4 in the final. The final appearance for Canas of Argentina continued his recent good form. In his last tournament outing he made the final of the ATP Masters Series event in Miami.

With the French Open fast approaching it will be exciting to see if Roger Federer is able to get past Nadal to win the open and take the next step in claiming the Grand Slam. Before we can even think about this Federer has a bit of work to do. His form has been patchy in recent times, mainly when facing Canas who has knocked off Federer the last two times they have met.

With Nadal on such a long clay court winning streak you have to wonder when it will come to an end. Is he so good that he will end up hitting one hundred in the months ahead?

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