Nadal wins his 10th Monte-Carlo Masters

TIL Desk Sports/ Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal won the Monte-Carlo Masters by defeating his countryman Albert Ramos-Vinolas in the final here on Sunday to become the first player in the Open Era to have won 10 titles of the same tournament.

Nadal, regarded as one of the greatest clay-court players of all time, defeated 15th seed Ramos-Vinolas 6-1, 6-3 in 76 minutes and became the first player in the Open Era to win 10 Monte-Carlo Masters tournaments and 50 career clay-court titles,.

“Ten titles here is something that I never dreamed of before. See you next year,” said Nadal on the awarding ceremony, where a video showed every title he claimed at Monte-Carlo dating back to 2005.

Ramos-Vinolas was riding on a fantastic week as he eliminated world No.1 Andy Murray and fifth-seeded Marin Cilic en route to the final, while finding it hard to stop Nadal’s quest for a historic 10th glory at Monte-Carlo. After both players split the first two games, Nadal sped up to break twice and take the following five games for 6-1 win, capped by an ace.