Rafael Nadal will never be presented a smoother path to a tournament title than he has been in the 2013 Madrid Open.
Injuries dropped the former ATP World Tour Certainly no. 1 to No. 5 inside rankings, but he's the very best left in Spain probably. World No. 1 Novak Djokovic sacrificed 7-6, 6-7, 6-3 to Grigor Dimitrov within the second round, No. a pair of Roger Federer lost 6-1, 1-6, 6-2 to Kei Nishikori in the third round and Certainly no. 3 Andy Murray sacrificed 6-7, 4-6 to Tomas Berdych. Nadal additionally knocked off fellow Spaniard Zero. 4 David Ferrer to arrive the semifinals.
Berdych is the sole player remaining ranked inside top 14 on the globe other than Rafa. The Czech only has eight singles titles under his belt as compared to a whopping 54 for ones Spaniard. Nadal has moreover beat Berdych 13 upright times, including this months 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 meant for Nadal. The King of Clay also gets to play on his preferred surface.
The only way Nadal's route could turn out to be any smoother is any time his remaining competition—Berdych, Stanislas Wawrinka in addition to Pablo Andujar—catch the flu.
Rafa has only suffered two defeats regarding who the winner. One was at this racket of Djoker, who's gone. On clay, there's no way he'll be served great loss No. 3.
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