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1. Voo de Mar says:

   April 20, 2025 at 7:43 pm

   Points won by each set: | 26-15, 34-37, 31-18 |
   Points won directly behind the serve:
   17 % Nadal – 13 of 74
   9 % Ferrer – 8 of 87

   Nadal [2] wins Trofeo Conde de Godó for the fourth straight time, for the first time losing a set in the final, but at the time his H2H against Ferrer [5] was just 5:3, therefore no-one was particularly surprised that “The King of Clay” dropped his first set on clay having won 31 in a row (began the streak in the French Open ’07 final), especially that in the preceding week at Monte Carlo when Nadal beat Ferrer 6-1, 7-5, the four years older Spaniard wasted a *5:4 (40/0) lead in the 2nd set. In Barcelona, Ferrer led 4:2* in the 2nd set playing from his forehand with maximal aggression, then Nadal won two tough games in succession – Ferrer failed to convert seven points to get his fifth game (4 BPs, 3 GPs), but stayed calm instead of being frustrated that the copy of his Monte Carlo defeat was on the horizon. Ferrer put a lot of energy in that stolen set, and began the decider being somewhat deflated, Nadal had his first championship point already at 5:0.

   Nadal’s route to his 25th title:
   2 Potito Starace 6-4, 6-2
   3 Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-3
   Q Juan Ignacio Chela 6-4, 6-2
   S Denis Gremelmayr 6-1, 6-0
   W David Ferrer 6-1, 4-6, 6-1

   Serve & volley: both 0

   …for Gremelmayr [85] it was an event of his life; the German won four matches in a row for the only time in his career, and advanced to his highest position, no. 59

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2. Voo de Mar says:

   April 20, 2025 at 7:55 pm

   Even though Nadal won back-to-back titles (Monte Carlo, Barcelona) with ease, he paid the price for playing third straight week, and lost his opening match in Rome (second round) to the former Roland Garros champion, Ferrero 5-7, 1-6. Ferrero snapped Nadal’s 17 match-winning streak on clay (Nadal’s previous streak on that surface it was 81 consecutive wins, the world record).

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