With his twelfth title at the Conde de Godó, Rafa Nadal not only extends his hegemony over Catalan clay but has also recovered number 2 in the ATP ranking. As of this Monday, the Spanish tennis player will appear ahead of Daniil Medvedev and only surpassed by Novak Djokovic among the best of the circuit. Rafael Nadal once again bite a new title on clay. After winning his thirteenth title at Roland Garros last October, the Spaniard has once again brought a new title to their showcases, 196 days later. The Spaniard continues indomitable at the Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona, where he has reached his first final of the season and has finished conquering the title after beating Stefanos Tsitsipas in a real battle. There are already 12 Rafa Nadal titles in Barcelona. His love affair with the Conde de Godó Trophy, in the facilities of what was his childhood club, began in 2005. Since then, Nadal defended the title in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. He won it again in 2011,2012, 2013, 2017, 2018 and get it back this afternoon. A feat within the reach of very few and only surpassed by the Balearic tennis player himself on a much larger stage: Roland Garros (13 titles). I jump into the pool… and in the ranking, Rafael Nadal raised the trophy as champion of Godó to the sky of Barcelona. A victory that brings its consequences. As is tradition, the champion will have to take a bath in the pool of the Real Club de Tenis de Barcelona, but the conquest of the tournament also brings another added prize: Rafa Nadal will appear this Monday as the new number 2, recovering a position that he had taken from him last March Daniil Medvedev. 💦One more bath @RafaelNadal .. Already going 1️⃣2️⃣! 😍GO! 👏 #BCNOpenBS | #ATP | #ATPTour pic.twitter.com/ZyoaxfSKxw – Barcelona Open Banc Sabadell (@bcnopenbs) April 25, 2021 His next appointment on the agenda is the Mutua Madrid Open, with a new opportunity to score points -beating the semifinal-. It is important to keep the number two in the face of the distribution of seeds in Paris, since being the second racket on the circuit ensures that he will not see himself until a hypothetical final with Novak Djokovic.
