Rogers Cup 2018: Rafael Nadal Claims His First Hard-court Title Since 2013

Rafael Nadal has won his fourth Rogers Cup title in a final match with Greek no. 1 Stefanos Tsitsipas that was his first hard-court final since Cincinnati 2013.
The world number one ruthlessly dominated the match from the opener until the second set when the Greek teenager gained momentum, and held on to a tie-break before conceding to defeat in straight sets by 6-2 7-6(4).
Prior to both players playing in the final of this tournament, the both met for the first time in Barcelona Open which the Spaniard won over the teenager to claim his 11th title in Barcelona.
Nadal, 31, reached an remarkable feat of 80th career title by winning in Toronto that is also his 33rd ATP World Tour Masters 1000 titles. He leads Novak Djokovic and Swiss Roger Federer (has won 98 ATP single titles) in all-time ATP Masters 1000 title winners list by 33:30:27.
Speaking to ESPN after the final match, the four-time champion said "if you told me this two weeks ago I would not have believed it."
He went on adding that "It'sa great way to start the hard-court season. Winning in Toronto is so important. You don't win Masters 1000s very often. It's a very important victory for me and I'm very happy."
See chart below for ATP Masters 1000 all-time winners.
Player                        Masters 1000 titles won 

  1. Rafael Nadal                         33
  2. Novak Djokovic                    30
  3. Roger Federer                       27
  4. Andre Agassi                        17
  5. Andy Murray                         14 



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