Rafael Nadal clinches 10th Barcelona Open title

Rafael Nadal poses with a series 10 after winning a Barcelona Open pretension for a 10th time on Apr 30, 2016.
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BARCELONA: Rafael Nadal won a record-extending 10th Barcelona Open pretension on Sunday by thrashing Dominic Thiem of Austria 6-4 6-1, collecting his second claycourt pretension in a row.

Nadal, who won a Monte Carlo Masters for a 10th time final week, romped to a pretension though dropping a set on a newly renamed Rafa Nadal justice during a Real Tennis Club in Barcelona, and indispensable only 90 mins to finish off Thiem.

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Thiem had beaten a 14-times Grand Slam champion on clay in a Argentina Open final year and warranted a place in a final by violence universe series one Andy Murray for a initial time in his career on Saturday, though he valid no compare for Nadal.

The Mallorcan took a while to levy himself on Thiem on an cloudy day in Barcelona with a cold continue negligence down a court.

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Thiem warranted a initial breakpoint of a compare though Nadal recovered and eventually took a initial set by violation his competition in a 10th game.

There was no let-up in a second set from Nadal, who pennyless a 23-year-old Austrian twice in a quarrel before portion for a championship.

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