Rafael Nadal: Player of The Month For June 2010

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Published: July 5, 2010

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It's beginning to resemble a broken record when Player of the Month honors are being thrown around.

Since the start of the clay season, which was highlighted by his ominous form throughout Monte Carlo and Rome, Rafael Nadal has been on an unprecedented roll. He cleaned house on the dirt this year. Nadal didn't lose a single set en route to taking home his fifth French Open title. With four titles to his credit heading into Wimbledon, Nadal proved that his guile on the softer courts of the circuit was ever present.

Nadal survived two titanic struggles against Robin Haase and Philipp Petzschner early in the event. Nadal later defeated dangerous Swede Robin Soderling in the quarterfinals and then hometown favorite Andy Murray in the semifinals.

Having been dealt a difficult draw in the early rounds, Nadal defeated Tomas Berdych in straight sets in the championship round Sunday.

Casting aside earlier doubts that his knees would not make it through the fortnight, Nadal ended his fantastic trip to London with an updated forward somersault to celebrate his latest win. Let's be honest here: The Bjorn Borg backwards knee bend was getting a little old, no?

Nevertheless, Nadal's post-match gestures weren't the only attribute to chronicle throughout the fortnight. Capturing his eighth Grand Slam at the age of 24, Nadal currently stands with two more major titles than Roger Federer did at the same age.

Nadal also improved to 47-5 on the year (90.3 percent winning mark for those of you counting), while taking home his fifth title.

Although there wasn't any ground-breaking additions to the Spaniard's game throughout the event—that in turn wasn't necessarily a bad sign.

Nadal is beginning to—or is he already there?—reach a stage in his career where he is completely in tune with what he needs to accomplish at every stage of a tournament.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Tennis

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