Nadal’s two overwhelming wins in back-to-back tournaments over the best Swiss players in history. The Spaniard even got the same number of points in each of those two finals: 59. He needed 71 minutes to beat Wawrinka and 69 minutes to dismiss Federer…. Wawrinka’s second Masters 1K final, the first one since Rome 2008.
Nadal’s route to the titles:
MADRID
2 Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4
3 Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3
Q David Ferrer 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-0
S Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-4
W Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4
ROME
2 Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3
3 Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
Q David Ferrer 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
S Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4
W Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3
Nadal’s two overwhelming wins in back-to-back tournaments over the best Swiss players in history. The Spaniard even got the same number of points in each of those two finals: 59. He needed 71 minutes to beat Wawrinka and 69 minutes to dismiss Federer…. Wawrinka’s second Masters 1K final, the first one since Rome 2008.
Nadal’s route to the titles:
MADRID
2 Benoit Paire 6-3, 6-4
3 Mikhail Youzhny 6-2, 6-3
Q David Ferrer 4-6, 7-6(3), 6-0
S Pablo Andujar 6-0, 6-4
W Stanislas Wawrinka 6-2, 6-4
ROME
2 Fabio Fognini 6-1, 6-3
3 Ernests Gulbis 1-6, 7-5, 6-4
Q David Ferrer 6-4, 4-6, 6-2
S Tomas Berdych 6-2, 6-4
W Roger Federer 6-1, 6-3