Still the King of Clay

Rafael Nadal was the obvious pick to win the Barcelona Open, he has won the last two in a row and he was working on a 67 match unbeaten streak coming into the tournament.
If there was any doubt in anyones minds who the best tennis player is when it comes to the clay court, The second ranked player in the world put it to rest emphatically in the first round of the Barcelona Open.
It took Rafael Nadal just about as long as my lunch break to dismantle his first round opponent, Kristof Vliegen. Nadal extended his clay court win streak to 68 with the 6-1, 6-2 trouncing of his Belgian opponent.

With this victory Nadal one-ups the record he owns in the open era, notables who are behind Nadal at a distance are Guilermo Vilas at 53, and Bjorn Borg at 46 in a row, no active players are even remotely close to Nadal.
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