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Nadal Red-Hot in Rome
May 8, 2005

Spanish teenager Rafael Nadal won a stunning five-hour, five-set battle against Guiillermo Coria 6-4, 3-6, 6-3, 4-6, 7-6(8)in the final of the Telecom Italia Masters Sunday. The amazing 18-year-old, who defeated Coria in the Monte-Carlo final, is now on track to become the first player in history to win all three clay court ATP Masters Series titles in the one year. He will accomplish this if he wins next week's Masters Series Hamburg title.

Nadal now boasts a 17-match winning streak and sits just 10 points behind INDESIT ATP 2005 Race leader Roger Federer.

In the doubles final, third seeded Americans Bob and Mike Bryan will take on French duo Michael Llodra and Fabrice Santoro.

This week the ATP tour moves to Germany for the Masters Series Hamburg.

The best of the best in men's tennis are coming to Uniprix Stadium in Montreal as part of the Rogers Cup, presented by National Bank from August 6–14th. To purchase tickets please contact Tennis Canada at (514) 273-1515 ext. 235, Admission at (514) 790-1245, or visit on-line at www.tenniscanada.com

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