http://tinyurl.com/cpuxy9 RAFA IS ONE STEP FROM MAKING HISTORY, AGAIN! Top-ranked Rafa Nadal stretched his unbelievable winning streak at the Monte Carlo Masters Series event to 26 matches by beating World No.4 Andy Murray today, and moved one step closer to a fifth consecutive title. 豆豆打败Murray之後，在蒙地卡罗的连胜来到26场，并离五连霸更进一步。 The World No.1 needed just over 2 hours of play to beat the 21-year-old Scottish player (who had never been past the third round of a clay court tournament before) in straight sets, 6-2 7-6 and is happy to know that he continues to maintain an amazing 137-4 five-year clay-court record. 豆豆花了两个小时，以6-2 7-6击败之前从未在此打到第三轮以後的Murray。过去 五年来的红土战绩是137胜4败。 In Sunday's final, the defending champion will face world number three Novak Djokovic, who survived an intense three-set-battle (6-4, 6-1, 6-3.) against Swiss Stanislas Wawrinka. 周日的决赛豆豆将会碰上No.3的Djokovic。 Rafa and Novak have played a total of 15 times before, with the 'Spanish Bull' winning 11 of those matches. The last time they played each other was a few weeks back at the Spain vs. Serbia Davis Cup tie played in Benidorn (which Rafa won) and the last time Novak beat Rafa was at the Cincinnati Masters Series in 2008. Rafa与Nole过去曾交手过15次，Rafa以11胜领先。最近一次对战是今年台维斯盃第一轮 (Rafa胜)。最近一次败於Nole则是去年的辛辛那提大师赛。 If Rafa wins the final tomorrow, not only would he have managed an incredible 5-in-a-row, never-done-before kind of feat, but also, he would be one title away from equalling Reggie Doherty’s 6 titles won from 1897-99 and 1902-04. 如果明天Rafa赢了，不只会达成前所未有的五连霸，并且只差一座就可以追平由 Reggie Doherty所保持的6座Monte Carlo冠军纪录(1897-99, 1902-04)。 -- ATP’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD: ATP’s official website informed the world today that they have presented Rafa Nadal with the 2008 ATP Player of the Year Award during La Grande Nuit du Tennis of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters on Friday night. ATP官网上有说他们已经在周五晚於La Grande Nuit du Tennis of the Monte-Carlo Rolex Masters颁发年度最佳球员奖给Rafa了。 (相关新闻: http://www.atpworldtour.com/tennis/1/en/news/newsarticle_3236.asp ) “The prestigious award was bestowed on the 22-year-old after an exceptional 2008 season. He is the first Spaniard to be crowned ATP World Tour champion after becoming the first left-hander to finish No. 1 in the South African Airways ATP Rankings since John McEnroe”. "这个重要的奖项颁给22岁的豆豆，因为他2008有个非常出色的球季。他是开放年 代後，继John McEnroe後第二位左手球员。" Congratulations Rafa! -- ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2009 2005 2006 2007 2008 2008 ATP World No.1 ╭───────────────╮ │§ Ｒａｆａｅｌ　Ｎａｄａｌ §│ ╰───────────────╯ --

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