"King of clay" again without a crown Monte Carlo: Ferrer beat Nadal in the quarter-finals!

David Ferrer beat Rafael Nadal with 7-6 (1), 6-4 in the quarterfinals of Monte Carlo, the tournament, which is the "king of clay" eight times in a row won the 2005th-2012th years. Last year Novak Djokovic broke the dominance of Nadal in Monte Carlo and is now the first player the world has already suffered elimination in the quarterfinals, and that of compatriots David Ferrer after two sets. At the very beginning of the Ferrer announced a surprise leadership of 2:0 when used the first break ball, but he countered persistent Nadal, just after six chances to subtract service. Nadal has first point in tiebreak, but Ferrer has next seven points. Below is a complete centration used Ferrer Nadal and neizunuđenih large number of errors, and Breaks in the third game for 2-1 completely controlled the game. It was unable "King of clay" to hide the nervousness, it is fully transferred to the game, and Ferrer's new Breaks punished for 5-2 and service for the victory. Not used the first opportunity, Nadal tied two Breaks, but the second service was a triumph for the semifinals and duel with Stanislas Vavrinkom, who was eliminated Milos Raonic. Nadal will defeat thanks lose 420 points on the ATP list because he defended last year's finals, and on the game speaks for the fact that he even made ​​44 unforced errors, compared to 28 Ferrer.

Fiorentina expected Rossi and Gomez for Cup final

Football Fiorentina Giuseppe Rossi and Mario Gomez should return to composition after injury and be ready for the Italian Cup final, it was announced by the club. Chief Medical Officer Viola Paolo Manetti said Rosi been practicing at full load and will return soon to the team, and that Gomez should start training next week. Both have trouble with my knee. Italian in January renewed his injury on his troublesome right, while the German center forward left injured last month. If the two of them recovered to the finals on May 3 against Napoli, it would mean to have a chance to get on the list selectors of his team. Rossi was the first Italian team, and Gomez in 59 appearances for Germany, scoring 25 goals.

Albert Montanes, Novak first obstacle on the road to defend title

Rival Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Masters tournament in Monte Carlo will be Spaniard Albert Montanes, who was in a duel with defending champion chested victory over Beno Pero from France with 7-5, 4-6, 6-2. Triumph over 34 players in the world is just a continuation of Montanjesovih good party in Monaco, because it is the main part of the tournament wins came in qualifying. However, 57 of the ATP rankings has never in his career he failed to beat Djokovic, and once he got set, and back in 2009th This is Montanes succeeded precisely in Monte Carlo, where he was 6-1, 6-7 (4), 6-0 to Novak, who had previously received the Hamburg (2008, 6:2, 6:3) and then in Rome, 2009th (7:6, 5:0), Wimbledon 2010th (6:1, 6:4, 6:4) and again last year in the capital of Italy (6:2, 6:3). Overall, Djokovic leads 5-0 in the triumph of their matchup, and four of those encounters were played exactly on clay court. Novak Djokovic defend the title won 2013th victory over Rafael Nadal in the finals with a 6-2, 7-6 (1), in the first round of this year's Masters was free.