Points won by each set: [ 27-13, 31-22 ]
Points won directly behind the serve:
26 % Nadal – 11 of 41
9 % Ramos – 5 of 52
Murray and Djokovic out of form after very demanding 2016 season, Federer reluctant to play on clay, and it helped Nadal [4] to become the first man to win the same event ten times! “Today is a day to enjoy the title here. Tomorrow we’re going to be focused on Barcelona.” With that, he hurried from the court for a quick meal before watching the football match between Real Madrid (who coined the concept of La Décima in their pursuit of 10 European Cups) and his team, Barcelona. He added: “After the clay-court season, then we will have time to celebrate a little bit.” This was his 50th clay title from 58 finals, an astounding return that puts him one clear of Guillermo Vilas in the all-time list. He has 70 singles titles in all – 14 of them majors – making him fifth behind Jimmy Connors (109), Ivan Lendl (94), Federer (91) and John McEnroe (77). The unexpected runner-up Ramos [27] made a third round shocker eliminating Murray 2-6, 6-2, 7-5 trailing 0:4 in the 3rd set!
Nadal’ route to his 70th title:
2 Kyle Edmund 6-0, 5-7, 6-3
3 Alexander Zverev 6-1, 6-1
Q Diego Schwartzman 6-4, 6-4
S David Goffin 6-3, 6-1
W Albert Ramos 6-1, 6-3