Nadal outlasts Federer in Rome final

Well, seems like Nadal proved that he's got Federer's number, winning for the fourth straight time. He beat the no.1 ranked Swiss 6-7 (0), 7-6 (5), 6-4, 2-6, 7-6 (5) in a long and tiring match and won his second consecutive Masters final, again over Federer. All of Federer's losses this year came from Nadal. This must have taken alot out of the two though, as they both withdrew from the Hamburg Masters Series. Nadal tied Guillermo Vilas' record for winning 53 straight matches on clay in the Open era, and can extend it in the French Open