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Nadal Toronto master

AFP, Toronto
Tennis
Rafael Nadal took another huge step closer to dethroning Roger Federer as world number one with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Nicolas Kiefer in the Toronto Masters final on Sunday.
With his 29th consecutive victory - his last loss came in Rome in May in the second round to Juan Carlos Ferrero - the Spanish world number two has climbed to within 300 points of Federer, who crashed out in his opening match.
The Spanish phenomenon has now claimed 30 career titles, making him third-youngestin the game after Bjorn Borg and Jimmy Connors to achieve the mark.
"I'll think about the record when my career is over," said the 22-year-old. "Right now, my most important goal was to win Toronto."
Nadal's victory marked his second trophy in Canada after taking the title in Montreal three years ago. He has now won his last five events, including Queen's and Wimbledon on grass.
The ranking race will tighten next week in Cincinnati, where Federer has been training since his mid-week upset loss here to Frenchman Gilles Simon, whom Kiefer put out in the semi-finals.
Federer has held the top spot for more than four years but could be deposed in Cincinnati if he were to lose his opening match and Nadal was to lift the trophy, according to ATP calculations.
Germany's Kiefer is still searcliing for his first career title since winning in Hong Kong in 2000. He has now gone 140 tournaments since that success, losing in 10 finals.
Nadal stands 4-0 over the 31-year-old after playing him three previous times in 2008.
"Rafa is certainly the greatest competitor," said Kiefer.
"This was another great win for him. He's surely the next number one. I lost this match but I can say I
made it to the final."
Nadal came out strong in the opening set, finally achieving a break in die fifth game for a 3-2 lead. He completed the set In 40 minutes by calmly putting Kiefer under more pressure.
The German sent a forehand wide and committed an ill-timed double-fault on set point.
The scenario remained the same in the second set as Nadal moved relendcssly ahead.
But his progress was temporarily slowed as Kiefer made a stand in the fifth game, taking it to six
deuces before finally folding as Nadal held to lead 3-2.
His spirit broken, Kiefer dropped serve for 2-4 and could only watch as Nadal produced a love game before serving out the win with a concluding fourth break.
Nadal's victory, his 12th Masters triumph, was his 30th from 38 finals and came in the wake of his fourth Roland Garros and first Wimbledon title this year.
Nadal has now won seven titles this season and has racked up 61 match wins against just seven