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The Spanish Rafael Nadal, starting tomorrow, will be the number one world, today reached the first gold medal for tennis in his country in the history of the Olympic Games, when she beat in the finals of the 2008 Beijing Chilean Fernando Gonzalez , 6-3, 7-6 (7 / 2), 6-3.


The Mallorcan's is also the eleventh Olympic medal for Spanish tennis, while the Chilean silver is the fourth for his country (adds two gold and one bronze). Check the Olympics medal standings.


The expected duel iberoamericano began with clear command of Spanish, which broke the Chilean's serve in the second game for ponerso 2-0 and 3-0 with her service in only 11 minutes.


Then, an attempt was made to keep each up to their 6-3 draw in favour of Nadal.


This trend continued during most of the second beam, in which both players, owners of a powerful service, were respected and considered rather than the first.


However, the Balearic had to lift two balls of 'set' and put the 6-6 with a 'passing' in parallel masterly, and the 'tie-break' was more effective than South American.


The meeting was at this stage of good level, with Nadal displaying the 'plus' of the great masters, which makes the difference, especially at the time of closing points.


In the third set, the Balearic achieved the 'break' in the fourth 'game' and it became 3-1, to finish 6-3 with his serve in 2 hours and 22 minutes of play in one match very similar to first .


This overturned the result hand in hand especially between the two in favour of Nadal, who was 4-3.