Rafael Nadal would not be presented a smoother path to a tournament title than he has been around the 2013 Madrid Opened.
Injuries dropped the former ATP World Tour Simply no. 1 to No. 5 within the rankings, but he's the top left in Spain unequivocally. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic displaced 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 to Grigor Dimitrov inside the second round, No. some Roger Federer lost 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 to Kei Nishikori inside the third round and No. 3 Andy Murray lost 6-7, 4-6 to Tomas Berdych. Nadal moreover knocked off fellow Spaniard Certainly no. 4 David Ferrer to reach the semifinals.
Berdych is the just player remaining ranked in the top 14 globally other than Rafa. The Czech only has got eight singles titles under his belt as compared to a whopping 54 for any Spaniard. Nadal has also beat Berdych 13 directly times, including this period at Indian Wells.
An overwhelming lack of talent isn't the only thing that should make the last two rounds of this Madrid Open a cakewalk with regard to Nadal. The King of Clay also grows to play on his favorite surface.
The only manner Nadal's route could turn out to be any smoother is any time his remaining competition—Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka and Pablo Andujar—catch the flu.
Rafa has only suffered two defeats this coming year. One was at a racket of Djoker, who's over. On clay, there's no chance he'll be served great loss No. 3.
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