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1. Voo de Mar says:

   June 8, 2026 at 6:14 pm

   Points won by each set: | 57-52, 41-34 |
   Unreturned serves:
   17 % Nadal – 16 of 91
   7 % Ferrer – 7 of 93

   The fourth and last Barcelona final between the two best Spaniards at the time (neither of them Catalan, yet Mallorcan Nadal a native Catalan speaker). It was the only time when Ferrer [6] looked better from the baseline than his four years younger compatriot, but couldn’t win the most important points in both sets. In the opener, Ferrer squandered five set points at 6:5 as a receiver (two winners, three errors). In the 2nd set he was three times two points away from a set point serving at 5:4, once he should have won the point striking an overhead standing close to the net, but chose the wrong direction. Nadal [2] said: “It’s a special tournament for me, at home in my club. To win at home in front of the people you know is always more special.”

   Nadal’s route to his 48th title:
   2 Guillermo Garcia-Lopez 6-1, 6-2
   3 Robert Farah 6-2, 6-3 ☆
   Q Janko Tipsarevic 6-2, 6-2
   S Fernando Verdasco 6-0, 6-4
   W David Ferrer 7-6(1), 7-5

   Serve & volley: Nadal 1/3, Ferrer 0

   ☆ Farah of Colombia, doubles specialist, won only 4 main-level singles matches in his career, half of them that year in Barcelona

   # Nadal’s two longest 2-0 wins:
   Miami 2009 (4R): Nadal d. Wawrinka 7-6, 7-6… 2 hours 43 minutes… Total points: 97-89… Breaks: 1-1
   Barcelona 2012 (F): Nadal d. Ferrer 7-6, 7-5… 2 hours 40 minutes… Total points: 98-86… Breaks: 4-3
   

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