Madrid ATP Masters Series 1000 - Men's Final
5 Rafael Nadal d 15 Stanislas Wawrinka - 62 64
Rafa saved his best tennis for Sunday.
This is Rafa's 3rd title at Madrid, 23rd Masters 1000 and 55th overall.
It also moves him to a tie for 2nd most clay titles with Muster with 40.
He needs 6 more to tie Vilas at 46 - which should happen by next year.
This is also the first time he's won Barcelona & Madrid in the same year.
Post match: I'm very happy for everything that has happened.
Forty titles on clay are far more than I ever dreamed of [winning].
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Rafa will head to Rome as the 5th seed and is in #4 Ferrer's quarter.
So if Rafa takes the title (his 7th at Rome) he will move up to #4.
Meaning the French Open seeding thing will solve itself.
I'm hoping it happens. Nobody wants a Rafa/Nole quarterfinal. Nobody.
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Rafa is also prominent in the Madrid 2020 Olympic campaign bid:
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