Now, Rafael Nadal should only ask how many days pass so that he is greater than the Swiss Roger Federer at the top of ranquin tennis world.
The Spanish (22 years) did yesterday that this shift in the ladder is inevitable, to advance to the semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters, thanks to a triumph 7-6 (3) and 6-1, before the Ecuadorian Nicolas Lapentti.
Nadal noted its 32 consecutive victory and ensured oust Federer, after three years of persecution.
In the fight for the throne, the picture is not easy to understand because the schedule was brought forward two weeks during the Olympic Games in Beijing. The question is this: Nadal is the new number one next Monday if it wins the tournament and Cincinnati also will be transformed into a leader if finalist, but it achieved the August 11.
At the latest it will be the new king on 18 this month, advancing to the semifinals yesterday. The ladder is made including points harvested in the last 52 weeks, and now is the time for Nadal. It knew what when it came to the stadium, and not the feast was saved when a right of return Lapentti went to the stadium, to conclude the match. Jubilo, Nadal kissed a tennis ball and threw as a gift to the podium wearing the rubber bands on her wrists. "He fought hard in recent years to be number one.
The achievement is always a goal, "said the jubilant Mallorcan. Lapentti, currently number 89 of ranquin after being among the 10 best in the world in 1999, had last played a game of quarter-finals in a Masters tournament in Miami six years ago. Federer was surprisingly eliminated on Thursday, which put at risk his streak of 235 consecutive weeks as number one.
Nadal has occupied second place in the global ladder since July 25, 2005, that is, 158 consecutive weeks. Today, in the semifinals, Nadal will meet Serbian Novak Djokovic, who beat Ernest Gulbis (Latvia), with slate of 6-3 and 6-4. Also yesterday, Britain's Andy Murray suffered a pain in a knee and a scorching heat, to defeat Spanish Carlos Moya, 2-6, 6-3, 6-1, which allowed him to advance to the semifinals. Murray (eighth of the contest preclasificado) achieved one of the most amazing Remonter, precisely in a tournament that has been filled with so many surprises that will overturn the ladder of the Association of Professional Tennis Players (ATP).
The British are measured from Croatian Ivo Karlovic (16), who won by 7-6 (6), 7-6 (3) to German Philipp Kohlschreiber.
The tournament is played on cement and is equipped with $ 2.61.
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