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Nadal defeats Monfils to reach Stuttgart Open final

Xinhua, June 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Rafael Nadal of Spain beated Frenchman Gael Monfils 6-3, 6-4 on Saturday and reached the final in Stuttgart Open.

The 29-year-old top seed consumed 79 minutes to terminate his opponent. He ever topped in 2005 and 2007 Stuttgart Open, but the surface is clay at that time.

If he can win the final on Sunday, Nadal will become the first to win titles on both clay and this year's new grass surface. His competitor in the final will be second seed Marin Cilic or Serb Viktor Troicki.

"I'm very happy with this performance," Nadal said.

"I'm slowly improving on grass. It would be fantastic to win on grass here, but I can only focus on the final and try to play my best," he added. Endi