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Cho du duoc xep hang 2 the gioi, nhung Rafael Nadal da phai trai qua chuoi thoi gian 4 thang lien khong dang quang o mot giai dau nao. Tuy nhien, noi lo lang cua nguoi ham mo danh cho tay vot nguoi Tay Ban Nha nay cung da diu di boi mua giai san dat nen – mat san so truong cua Nadal da bat dau tro lai. Va khong nam ngoai du doan cua nhieu nguoi, “Vua” Nadal da bao ve thanh cong ngoi vo dich cua minh tai Masters Series Monte Carlo vua ket thuc hoi cuoi tuan qua, do cung la danh hieu dau tien cua anh o mua giai nam nay.

Ke tu dau nam 2008, Nadal van thi dau kha hieu qua nhung anh van khong the gianh duoc chien thang nao, phan vi phai thi dau tren mat san cung khong phai so truong, phan vi gap phai nhung doi thu thi dau xuat than nhu Andy Roddick (Dubai Open), Djokovic (Pacific Life Open), Tsonga (Australian Open) hay Nikolay Davydenko (Sony Ericsson Open). The nhung khi tro lai mat san dat nen, Nadal da khong gap phai mot tro ngai dang ke nao.

Trong tran dau thuoc vong 3 Barcelona Open vua qua, anh cung da co mot chien thang kha de dang truoc tay vot xep hang 35 the gioi Feliciano Lopez. Voi nen tang the luc doi dao va nhung cu danh trai tay sac sao, Nadal da nhanh chong kiem soat duoc the tran va gianh chien thang chung cuoc voi ti so 6-4, 6-3 de ghi ten minh vao vong tu ket.

doi thu cua Nadal o tran dau toi se la Juan Ignacio Chela, nguoi da vuot qua Ernests Gulbis voi ti so 2-6, 6-4, 6-3.

Du la chuyen gia hang dau tren mat san dat nen va duoc menh danh la tay vot co “nguon nang luong bat tan”, nhung Nadal cung khong khoi len tieng chi trich lich thi dau qua day dac cua cac giai dau tren mat san nay. Ngay sau khi Barcelona Open ket thuc, Nadal se buoc vao ngay nhung cuoc tranh tai o Rome va Hamburg (ca 2 deu la nhung giai thuoc ATP Masters Series), va chi co 1 tuan nghi ngoi truoc khi buoc vao tran danh lon French Open 2008.

Tai mot giai dau ma nhung hao thu hang dau nhu Roger Federer va Djokovic deu vang mat, rõ rang day la mot co hoi de Nadal co the dat duoc danh hieu thu 2 o mua giai nay. Tham chi, khong tinh den chuyen thieu vang cac doi thu canh tranh, thi suc manh cua tay vot nguoi Tay Ban Nha nay tren mat san dat nen la qua thuyet phuc de tin vao mot chien thang cua anh. Trong 101 tran da dau o mat san nay, Nadal moi de thua dung 1 tran truoc Roger Federer hoi nam 2005 tai Hamburg Masters Series. Con tai Barcelona Open nam nay, con duong vao tran chung ket cung dang rat rong mo voi Nadal. doi thu sap toi cua anh chi la mot tay vot khong duoc xep hang hat giong va phai danh tu vong loai. Va neu vao tiep den ban ket, thi doi thu cua Nadal hoac se la Denis Gremelmayr, hoac Nicolas Almagro (10). Ca 2 deu kho co kha nang gay kho de truoc Nadal.

Ket qua cac cap dau cu the o vong 3:

Stanislas Wawrinka - David Nalbandian 6-3, 6-1
David Ferrer - Nicolas Lapentti 4-6, 6-4, 6-3
Tommy Robredo - Guillermo Canas 6-1, 7-5
Albert Montanes - Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 3-6, 6-3
Denis Gremelmayr - Dmitry Tursunov (15) 6-4, 6-0
Nicolas Almagro (10) - Mario Ancic 7-6 (5), 6-2

Cac cap dau o vong tu ket

Rafael Nadal - Juan Ignacio Chela
David Ferrer - Tommy Robredo
Stanislas Wawrinka - Albert Montanes
Denis Gremelmayr - Nicolas Almagro