Ace tennis player Rafael Nadal( Spain ) beat the defending champion, Kei Nishikori( Japan ), 6-4, 7-5 to win the Barcelona Open for the ninth time ;equalling Guillermo Vilas’s record of 49 career clay-court titles.
- He also has now won his first 10 matches of the European clay-court 2016 season.
- Nadal added this title to his trophy from Monte Carlo last week as the 14-time grand slam winner regains form on his favourite surface before next month’s French Open.
Rafael Nadal :
- Rafael "Rafa" Nadal ( born 3 June 1986) is a Spanish professional tennis player currently ranked world No. 5.
- He is widely regarded as the greatest clay-court player in history; due to his dominance and success on the surface, he has been titled "The King of Clay".
- His evolution into an all-court threat has established him as one of the greatest players in tennis history.
- Nadal has won 14 Grand Slam singles titles, the 2008 Olympic gold medal in singles.
- In 2010, he became the seventh player in history and youngest of four in the Open Era to achieve the Career Grand Slam at age 24.
- He is the second male player, after Andre Agassi, to complete the singles Career Golden Slam.
Barcelona Open (tennis) :
- The Barcelona Open is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players.
- The event has been held in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain every year since 1953, and is played on clay courts at the Real Club de Tenis Barcelona.
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