The last Spanish pride standing in the Madrid Open leaned on his mastery of the clay court to repulsed defending champion and world number 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland in the finals.
A losing finalist the last time around, Nadal finally wins his second title in the tournament, and now ahead of the legendary Andre Agassi of the United States of America in terms of numbers of Masters triumphs.
Nadal thus solidified his stronghold of the World Number 2 position in the ATP rankings and aching to overtake Federer.
Nadal’s fiery form on clay is apparent as he already posted a clean 15-0, win loss slate on the surface this year including his win over Federer.
Nadal triumphed in Monte Carlo and Rome, and just surrendered two sets at that stretch.
In the women’s singles side, Unseeded Aravane Rezai of France spring a surprise in the tournament as she wielded the upset axe on tournament’s favorite Venus Williams, 6-2, 7-5.
Rezai displayed a real heart of champion as mounted a courageous rally from two breaks down in the second set to clinch her third career title.
One half or the much vaunted Williams Sisters, Serena Williams, was named
the 2009 WTA (Women’s Tennis Association) Player of the Year and even make it a double celebration of sorts because she shared the Doubles Team of the Year with the other half of the Williams Sisters, that is, her older sister, Venus Williams.
Serena Williams capped her 2009 campaign by winning two Grand Slam events – the Australian Open and Wimbledon singles title. Serena also a semi-finalist in the US Open and made it through the quarterfinals of the French Open.
Serena’s achievement in the women’s professional tour is indeed astonishing and continues to grow even further. Her partnership with Venus succeeded in cornering the doubles title in the US Open, Australian Open and the Wimbledon in 2009 .
Belgian Kim Clijsters netted the Comeback Player of the Year plum after clinching the 2009 US Open title and also bagged her seventh Sportsmanship award given by the WTA.
Teenager Melanie Oudin of the United States, made her presence felt as she captured the Newcomer of the Year honors. Oudin made an awesome and surprising performance in last year’s US Open as she made it to the quarterfinal round of the 2009 US Open.
Rounding out the remaining awardees are Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium who bagged the Most Improved Player honors and Liezel Huber of the United States who brought home her fourth Player Service Award.
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Grand Slam Tennis, Tennis | howitzer | 
March 25, 2010 4:32 pm | 
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The last Spanish pride standing in the Madrid Open leaned on his mastery of the clay court to repulsed defending champion and world number 1 Roger Federer of Switzerland in the finals.
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