Not so good news: game, set & match to Nadal, 6-1, 2-6, 6-2
Good fight by Carlos, not a disgrace. I guess Rafa is just too good
on clay these days ...




--- In carlosmoya2@yahoogroups.com, bev29x <no_reply@...> wrote:
>
> Oh dear, Carlos and Rafa have to play each other first up in the
Roma
> draw ... aaarrgrhhh ... I hate this.
> But Carlos is talking up the match:
>
> MOYA SAYS HE'S THE LAST CHANCE TO STOP NADAL
> By DPA May 6, 2006, 19:00 GMT
>
> Estoril, Portugal - Carlos Moya says he's the only man who can stop
> teenaged Spanish compatriot Rafael Nadal from tying the all-time
clay-
> court win streak of Guillermo Vilas.
>
> Moya, who serves as mentor and friend to Roland Garros champion, was
> drawn Saturday to face the teenaged second seed in the first round
of
> the Roma Masters which begins Monday.
>
> Just over a month ago, Moya schooled the 19-year-old in a match in
> Miami on hardcourt. And he says he can do it again.
>
> 'It will be a tough match against Rafa, but I think I can beat him,'
> said the former world number 1 and 1998 French Open champion. 'If I
> don't then I think he will go all the way to tie the win record.'
>
> Nadal's title victory last weekend in Barcelona lifted him to 47
> consecutive wins on clay.
>
> Winning a second Rome title a week from Sunday would nudge his
record
> to 53, the same as Vilas, who achieved the feat nearly three decades
> ago.
>
> 'I'm expecting to play better on Tuesday than I did today,' said
> Moya, beaten in a wind-whipped Estoril semifinal 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 by
> Russian Nikolay Davydenko.
>
> 'Rafa's on a great streak, but it's got to end sometime. I think
that
> could happen against me.'
>