David Ferrer says he playing the best tennis of his career and believes he has a chance to stop Rafael Nadal’s 33-match clay court winning streak in the final of Barcelona. The 24-year-old Nadal scored his 500th career win by besting unseeded Ivan Dodig 6-3 6-2 and became the second-youngest player to reach the mark behind Bjorn Borg, who was 23 years and seven months.
Nadal and Ferrer met in last Sunday's Monte Carlo Masters final in a victory for the world’s No. 1. "Rafa is not a machine, you can always lose, but I missed a lot and you can’t win that way, "said Ferrer. "Nadal is the best ever on clay. To win I have to have a great day and he has to have a normal one. But every match is different, every week is different, every scenario is different." - Matthew Cronin