World No. 1 Rafael Nadal captured his 27th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title on Sunday as he fought back from a set and a break down against Kei Nishikori to win the Mutua Madrid Open final. The Spaniard had turned the match around to win 2-6, 6-4, 6-0. The Spaniard became the first player to win four Madrid titles, adding to his victories in 2005 (d. Ljubicic), 2010 (d. Federer) and 2013 (d. Wawrinka). It is his third ATP World Tour trophy of the season, having triumphed in Doha (d. Monfils) and Rio de Janeiro (d. Dolgopolov). The left-hander leads the ATP World Tour with a 31-4 match record on the season. Now with 65 tour-level titles, the 27-year-old Nadal moves to standalone sixth on the Open Era title leader board. One more would see him draw level with joint-fifth Bjorn Borg and Pete Sampras. It was his 45th clay-court title, taking him to within two trophies of tying Guillermo Vilas’ all-time record of 46 titles.
Posted on: Sun, 11 May 2014 20:42:05 +0000
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